England · Grammar school
Plymouth High School for Girls
Plymouth · Girls only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 148369)
Overview
- Address
- St Lawrence Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6HT
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 782
- Capacity
- 804
- Eligible for free school meals
- 13.7%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- Not yet available
- Trust
- THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Plymouth
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area17% of Year 7 places offered in Plymouth for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- For September 2026 entry, the school has no catchment area. Places go by 11-plus rank order, with priority groups (including up to 12 places) for girls who score at least the adjusted cut-off, which is 2 points below the normal cut-off.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: For September 2026 entry, girls from any area are ranked on their 11-plus score.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 317 applicants named this school (104 as their first choice) for 119 places. 40 of 119 offers went to children living outside Plymouth.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Plymouth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 119 | 317 | 104 | 0.9 | 40 |
| Sept 2025 | 120 | 362 | 133 | 1.1 | 50 |
| Sept 2024 | 120 | 362 | 138 | 1.1 | 32 |
| Sept 2023 | 120 | 296 | 110 | 0.9 | 36 |
| Sept 2022 | 119 | 310 | 118 | 1.0 | 27 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Plymouth" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (phsg.org), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 February 2021
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
No inspection grade could be read from Ofsted's page for this school. See the inspection history and reports below.
Inspection history (2)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 65.7 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 91.8% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 32.7% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 98.2% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 65.3 (2023/24) → 65.5 (2024/25) → 65.7 (2025/26).
110 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- PL4 6HT
- Map location
- 50.37896, -4.13613
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 03333602230
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.phsg.org
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 148369) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026