The Schools Guru
The Schools GuruYour personal AI advisor on schools and colleges in EnglandLet's talk 💬

Millbay Academy

 

Contact Details

Address:
 22 Millbay Road
 Plymouth
 Devon PL1 3EG
Telephone: 01752 221927
Previous Name: Plymouth School of Creative Arts

School Type

Phase: Primary and Secondary (ages 11-16)
Type: Free School
Religious Denomination: None
Established: 2020
History: This school arose from Plymouth School of Creative Arts
Trust: Reach South Academy Trust
Sponsor: Reach South Academy Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mr Matthew Bisco (since February 2026)
Previous Headteacher: Jo Ware
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 36.59 / 9.81
Non-teaching Staff*: 31.84
Number of pupils: 526
Pupils Per Teacher: 14.4
Sex: Mixed (48% boys / 52% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 56.30% (high)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 25.2%
Local child deprivation rate: 23.3% (4km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 45.1%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 35.5%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 1.5km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Region: South West
Authority: Plymouth
Electoral Ward: St Peter and the Waterfront
School Number: 8794006

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 27th February 2024 (view record)
Ofsted Rating: Good

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
The Schools Guru: Let's talk 💬
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. St Peter's CofE Primary School (0.3km) show on map
  2. St Andrew's Cof E VA Primary School (0.4km) show on map
  3. Chapel Bridge School (0.4km) show on map
  4. High Street Primary Academy (0.5km) show on map
  5. The Cathedral School of St Mary (0.6km) show on map
  6. St George's CofE Primary Academy (0.7km) show on map
  7. Devonport High School for Boys (0.8km) show on map
  8. Pilgrim Primary Academy (0.9km) show on map
  9. Stuart Road Primary Academy (1.0km) show on map
  10. City College Plymouth (1.1km) show on map
  11. Stoke Damerel Primary Academy (1.3km) show on map
  12. ACE Schools Plymouth (1.3km) show on map
  13. Fletewood School and Nursery (1.4km) show on map
  14. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (1.5km) show on map
  15. Stoke Damerel Community College (1.5km) show on map
  16. Scott Medical and Healthcare College (1.5km) show on map
  17. Mount Wise Community Primary School (1.6km) show on map
  18. Mount Street Primary School (1.6km) show on map
  19. Holy Cross Catholic Primary School (1.7km) show on map
  20. Plymouth High School for Girls (1.8km) show on map
  21. UTC Plymouth (1.8km) show on map
  22. Marlborough Primary Academy (1.9km) show on map
  23. Plymouth College (2.2km) show on map
  24. Morice Town Primary Academy (2.3km) show on map
  25. Hyde Park Junior School (2.3km) show on map
  26. Hyde Park Infants' School (2.3km) show on map
  27. Ford Primary School (2.3km) show on map
  28. Salisbury Road Primary School (2.3km) show on map
  29. College Road Primary School (2.3km) show on map
  30. Montpelier Primary School (2.7km) show on map
  31. Prince Rock Primary School (2.7km) show on map
  32. Devonport High School for Girls (2.7km) show on map
  33. Drake Primary Academy (2.9km) show on map
  34. Lipson Vale Primary School (2.9km) show on map
  35. Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School (2.9km) show on map
  36. King's School (3.1km) show on map
  37. Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care (3.2km) show on map
  38. Mayflower Academy (3.2km) show on map
  39. Pennycross Primary School (3.3km) show on map
  40. Hooe Primary Academy (3.4km) show on map
  41. Torpoint Nursery and Infant School (3.4km) show on map
  42. Compton CofE Primary School (3.4km) show on map
  43. Lipson Co-operative Academy (3.4km) show on map
  44. Oreston Community Academy (3.4km) show on map
  45. Weston Mill Community Primary Academy (3.6km) show on map
  46. Laira Green Primary School (3.7km) show on map
  47. Carbeile Junior School (3.8km) show on map
  48. Torpoint Community College (3.8km) show on map
  49. All Saints Church of England Academy (3.8km) show on map
  50. High View School (3.8km) show on map
  51. Manadon Vale Primary School (3.9km) show on map
  52. Eggbuckland Community College (3.9km) show on map
  53. Morley Meadow Primary School (4.2km) show on map
  54. Riverside Community Primary School (4.2km) show on map
  55. St Boniface's RC College (4.4km) show on map
  56. Victoria Road Primary (4.4km) show on map
  57. Eggbuckland Vale Primary School (4.5km) show on map
  58. Widey Court Primary School (4.5km) show on map
  59. Courtlands School (4.5km) show on map
  60. Shakespeare Primary School (4.5km) show on map
  61. Marine Academy Primary (4.5km) show on map
  62. Marine Academy Plymouth (4.5km) show on map
  63. Austin Farm Academy (4.5km) show on map
  64. St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School (4.6km) show on map
  65. Plymstock School (4.7km) show on map
  66. Mount Tamar School (4.7km) show on map
  67. Pomphlett Primary School (4.7km) show on map
  68. Oneschool Global Uk Plymouth Campus (4.8km) show on map
  69. St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy (4.9km) show on map
  70. Plaistow Hill Primary and Nursery School (4.9km) show on map
  71. Fourlanesend Community Primary School (5.0km) show on map
  72. Millbrook CofE Primary School (5.0km) show on map
  73. St Edward's CofE Primary School (5.1km) show on map
  74. Goosewell Primary Academy (5.2km) show on map
  75. Knowle Primary School (5.2km) show on map
  76. Sir John Hunt Community Sports College (5.5km) show on map
  77. Whitleigh Community Primary School (5.5km) show on map
  78. Brook Green Centre for Learning (5.5km) show on map
  79. Ernesettle Community School (5.5km) show on map
  80. St Matthew's Church of England Primary and Nu... (5.6km) show on map
  81. Woodfield Primary School (5.7km) show on map
  82. Mill Ford School (5.7km) show on map
  83. Coombe Dean School (5.8km) show on map
  84. St Peter's RC Primary School (5.9km) show on map
  85. Leigham Primary School (5.9km) show on map
  86. Bishop Cornish CofE VA Primary School (5.9km) show on map
  87. Woodlands School (6.0km) show on map
  88. Saltash Community School (6.0km) show on map
  89. Cann Bridge School (6.1km) show on map
  90. Tor Bridge Primary School (6.1km) show on map
  91. Plym Bridge Nursery School and Day Care (6.1km) show on map
  92. Tor Bridge High (6.1km) show on map
  93. Notre Dame RC School (6.3km) show on map
  94. Elburton Primary School (6.3km) show on map
  95. Woodford Primary School (6.4km) show on map
  96. St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary Schoo... (6.5km) show on map
  97. Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy (6.6km) show on map
  98. Thornbury Primary School (6.6km) show on map
  99. Beechwood Primary Academy (6.8km) show on map
  100. Fountain Head House School (6.8km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Associated Schools

Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

Similar Schools*

  1. Royds Hall, A Share Academy, Huddersfield
  2. Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Croydon
  3. Woodfield Academy, Redditch
  4. Birchensale Middle School, Redditch
  5. Greenleys Junior School, Milton Keynes
  6. West Earlham Junior School, Norwich
  7. Cedars Academy, Birmingham
  8. Moorpark Junior School, Stoke-on-Trent
  9. Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior, Birmingham
  10. World's End Junior School, Birmingham
  11. Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School, Huddersfield
  12. Queensway Junior Academy, Thetford
  13. Penbridge Junior School, Portsmouth
  14. Bellfield Junior School, Birmingham
  15. Drapers' Brookside Junior School, Romford
  16. Tipton Green Junior School
  17. Stamshaw Junior School, Portsmouth
  18. Whipton Barton Junior School, Exeter
  19. The Knights Enham Junior School, Andover
  20. Hazelmere Junior School, Colchester
  21. Temple Learning Academy, Leeds
  22. Lister Junior School, Liverpool
  23. The De Montfort School, Evesham
  24. Longshaw Community Junior School, Blackburn
  25. Fairisle Junior School, Southampton
  26. Ruskin Academy, Wellingborough
  27. Church Hill Middle School, Redditch
  28. Townhill Junior School, Southampton
  29. Hamp Academy, Bridgwater
  30. Dogsthorpe Academy, Peterborough
  31. Meadowhead Junior School, Blackburn
  32. Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School, Telford
  33. The Wisbech Academy
  34. Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate
  35. Co-op Academy Grove, Stoke-on-Trent
  36. Bradwell Village School, Milton Keynes
  37. Barton Junior School, Dover
  38. Shelton Junior School, Derby
  39. West Moors Middle School, Ferndown
  40. Beechview Academy, High Wycombe
  41. St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School, Liverpool
  42. Stanton School, Milton Keynes
  43. Beeches Junior School, Birmingham
  44. St James' CofE Junior School, Barrow-in-Furness
  45. St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School, Wisbech
  46. Lincoln Birchwood Junior School
  47. Manor Field Junior School, Basingstoke
  48. Tredworth Junior School, Gloucester
  49. Monkwick Junior School, Colchester
  50. Wensum Junior School, Norwich
  51. Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy, Bolton
  52. Alton Park Junior School, Clacton-on-Sea
  53. Outwood Junior Academy Brumby, Scunthorpe
  54. South View Junior School, Basingstoke
  55. Hart Plain Junior School, Waterlooville
  56. Cordwalles Junior School, Camberley
  57. Albany Junior School, Nottingham
  58. Rowanfield Junior School, Cheltenham
  59. Spa Academy Askern, Doncaster
  60. Princethorpe Junior School, Birmingham
  61. Alumwell Junior School, Walsall
  62. Bligh Primary School (Juniors), Rochester
  63. Kensington Junior Academy, Ilkeston
  64. Diamond Hall Junior Academy, Sunderland
  65. Harris Garrard Academy, Erith
  66. Annfield Plain Junior School, Stanley
  67. Short Heath Junior School, Willenhall
  68. Cockton Hill Junior School, Bishop Auckland
  69. Bilston Church of England Primary School
  70. Skegby Junior Academy, Sutton-in-Ashfield
  71. The Grove Primary School, Melton Mowbray
  72. Bournville School, Birmingham
  73. Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School, Walsall
  74. Marnel Junior School, Basingstoke
  75. Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Contro...
  76. Phoenix Primary School, Chatham
  77. Eastfield Primary School, Wolverhampton
  78. Delce Academy, Rochester
  79. Shadsworth Junior School, Arran Avenue
  80. Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, ...
  81. Middleton Primary School, Leeds
  82. Oakwood Junior School, Derby
  83. Thorpe Acre Junior School, Loughborough
  84. Hatfield Academy, Sheffield
  85. Herne Bay Junior School
  86. Hartland High School, Reading
  87. Spire Junior School, Chesterfield
  88. Ramnoth Junior School, Wisbech
  89. Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School
  90. Eastlands Junior School (Welbeck Federation of Schools), Mansfield
  91. Chaucer Junior School, Ilkeston
  92. Dixons Trinity Chapeltown, Leeds
  93. Brownmead Primary Academy, Birmingham
  94. Henderson Green Primary Academy, Norwich
  95. Burton Fields School, Burton-On-Trent
  96. Ipsley CofE Middle School, Redditch
  97. Monkseaton Middle School, Whitley Bay
  98. Orchard Academy, Milton Keynes
  99. Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams, Stoke-on-Trent
  100. St Teresa's Catholic Primary Academy, Wolverhampton
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2026 |