Devonport High School for Boys

Selective

National rank

161

214

Rank last year

59.6%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

69.7%

GCSE

GCSE

9/8/7

Need to know

Head teacher Dan Roberts
Attendance 95.7%
Gender of entry Boys
Send pupils* 5.1% *Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils 1,268
Pupils on free school meals 8.3%
Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

ABOVE AVERAGE
Our methodology
Results

A-level 2025 rank: 294=

Grade

%

A*

9.2

A

22

B

28.4

A*/A

31.2

A*-B

59.6

GCSE 2025 rank: 64=

Grade

%

9/8

47.2

7

22.5

9/8/7

69.7

What the school inspection says

“Pupils are overwhelmingly positive about their school. Pupils receive a good standard of education and learn a range of challenging subjects. They enjoy their learning and relish the many opportunities to extend their knowledge about the world. Through the curriculum, pupils develop high aspirations. From Year 7 to Year 13, pupils develop exceptional knowledge and understanding about citizenship … The school’s vision that pupils will learn ‘confidence with humility’ is fully enacted throughout the curriculum. Students in the sixth form learn an exceptional curriculum. They embrace learning and value highly the well-considered programme about careers and higher education. Behaviour and attitudes, personal development and sixth-form provision were deemed to be outstanding.”
Inspection
2023
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

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Website
dhsb.org
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