Hele's School
Secondary schoolHele's School is a secondary school in Plymouth, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,378 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, March 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 23 March 2023
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Hele's School was 52.4, against 46.8 in Plymouth and 46.2 in England.
64.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Plymouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 52.4 | 46.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 64.4% | 49.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 83.5% | 67.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 236 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Boringdon Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023570 m
- Woodford Primary SchoolPrimary. Improved significantly, December 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)640 m
- St Mary's Priory Junior SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- Plympton AcademySecondary. Requires improvement (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 45.8 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Longcause Community Special SchoolSpecial. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, October 20231.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Plymouth
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).