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Mill Ford School

Special schoolAges 3–19CommunitySixth form

Plymouth, PL5 2PY · Plymouth local authority

Plymouth’s School Grade B+ better than 72% of towns in England

How full
149 pupils
138% of its 108 places
Free school meals
55%
55 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Mill Ford School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 149 pupils for 108 places
  • 55% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, June 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PL5 2) sold for a median £200,000; Plymouth’s is £222,500

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

132 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
12.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
55.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 27%Boys 73%
Its letter

No letter for Mill Ford School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Outstanding, June 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), May 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Mill Ford School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in PL5 2, the school’s postcode sector

Plymouth property prices →
£200,000
median sale, 340 sales in 36 months · Plymouth £222,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025PL5 2Plymouth
PL5 2Plymouth

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£348K
Semi-detached
£210K
Terraced
£186K
Flat
£95K
PL5 2Plymouth

Homes in PL5 2 sell for a little under Plymouth’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

17 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDAAD−D−AD−CB−D−C+B−CCC−C−Mill Ford School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Plymouth, PL5 2PY

Mill Ford School: common questions

What is Mill Ford School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (June 2024).

How much do houses cost near Mill Ford School?

Homes in its postcode sector, PL5 2, sold for a median £200,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (340 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Plymouth’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.