Secondary school

St Boniface's RC College

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Boys
  • Roman Catholic
  • Plymouth
  • PL5 3AG
  • Sixth form
Ofsted areas (no overall grade) · inspected Apr 2025

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,717 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 83%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 74%74%2016/17: top 91%2017/18: top 89%2018/19: top 82%2021/22: top 83%2022/23: top 90%2023/24: top 77%2024/25: top 83%No exams

Against South WestArrows: South West rank change since 2021/22

Attainment 839 · South West 45.52/10 Well below South West
Grade 5+ English and maths25% · South West 44.2%1/10 Well below South West−7.5 pts
EBacc point score3.23 · South West 3.982/10 Well below South West
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.28 · South West −0.023/10 Below
A level points per entry · 2018/19Not enough data · South West 31.6Suppressed in 2018/19 (too few pupils to publish)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 46.4 · 113 pupils · South West 50.22016/17: 37.6 · 99 pupils · South West 45.62017/18: 37.7 · 79 pupils · South West 45.72018/19: 39.8 · 50 pupils · South West 45.82021/22: 41.6 · 70 pupils · South West 47.52022/23: 36.6 · 63 pupils · South West 45.42023/24: 40.1 · 66 pupils · South West 45.32024/25: 39 · 76 pupils · South West 45.4546.436.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 26% · 99 pupils · South West 39%2017/18: 27% · 79 pupils · South West 40%2018/19: 24% · 50 pupils · South West 39%2021/22: 33% · 70 pupils · South West 46%2022/23: 24% · 63 pupils · South West 42%2023/24: 28.8% · 66 pupils · South West 44.1%2024/25: 25% · 76 pupils · South West 44.2%33%24%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 23.06 · 56 pupils · South West 29.292016/17: 25.17 · 47 pupils · South West 30.032017/18: 22.64 · 51 pupils · South West 30.252018/19: withheld (5 pupils)25.1722.64No exams

Not published 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25Withheld 2018/19

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
60 of 60 who put it first2014 · 96.7%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st6060
2nd651
3rd180

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2017–2025

  • Personal developmentGood
  • Quality of educationRequires improvement
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • SafeguardingEffective
  1. 2017Inadequate
  2. 2018Ungraded visit
  3. 2018Ungraded visit
  4. 2019Ungraded visit
  5. 2019Requires improvement
  6. 2023Requires improvement
  7. 2024Ungraded visit
  8. 2025Lowest Requires improvement

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026389
Free school meals (past 6 years)34.4%
First language not English15.1%
SEN support18.6%
EHC plan6.4%
Absence (sessions missed)10.0%
Persistently absent pupils30.3%

Girls 0%Boys 100%

97.2% full · 400 places · 19 in sixth form (2018/19)

Parent View

Earlier survey (before Nov 2025) · as at 1 Sep 2025 · 54 responses (13.8% of pupils)

  • My child is happy at this school88.9% agree
  • My child feels safe at this school92.6% agree
  • The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved79.6% agree
  • My child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively · 57.4% not applicable60.9% agree
  • The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year72.2% agree
  • When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly · 11.1% not applicable89.6% agree
  • Does your child have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)?37% yes
  • My child has SEND, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed · asked only of the 37% who said Yes above85% agree
  • The school has high expectations for my child88.9% agree
  • My child does well at this school88.9% agree
  • The school lets me know how my child is doing92.6% agree
  • There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school90.7% agree
  • My child can take part in clubs and activities at this school88.9% agree
  • The school supports my child's wider personal development81.5% agree
  • I would recommend this school to another parent88.9% yes

Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.6
Pupils per adult11.7
  • Classroom teachers 17.4
  • Leadership 2.5
  • Teaching assistants 11.1
  • Other support 12.1

Teachers 19.9 FTE · Whole workforce 43 · 55 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,503
Spend per pupil£8,844
Staff spend per pupil£6,378
Reserve per pupil−£1,171
  • −£459,000revenue reserve
  • −£134,000in-year balance

Grants £8,503 · self-generated £0 · premises £388 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: PLYMOUTH CAST (34 academies) · trust reserve £8,857,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

66 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained95.5%
  • Education86.4%
  • Apprenticeship6.1%
  • Employment3%
  • Not sustained4.5%
  • Unknown0%