Bon voyage Year 11 – it’s been emotional!
Today our Year 11 students completed the last of their whole year group examinations. At 10:05am, the GCSE Physics exam finished and the feeling of relief was palpable in the ... Read More
Succeeding Together
Menu14th June 2019Head Teacher
A number of staff and students from Plymstock School took part in the Plymouth Half Marathon last Sunday. Mr Bellamy, Ms Wakeham, Katie H and James W all participated in what were perfect conditions. Mr Bellamy ... Read More
24th May 2019Head Teacher
After a long wait – I am really pleased to announce that construction has finally commenced on our major building project, that will see six new classrooms and a 450-seater Arts Centre rise up at Plymstock School. ... Read More
17th May 2019Head Teacher
Over Easter holidays, our History Department challenged students to undertake the national ‘Hard Boiled Humanities’ competition. Once again the students have excelled themselves. This creative challenge was to recreate a historical scene or character(s) using hardboiled eggs. ... Read More
2nd May 2019Head Teacher
Earlier in the Spring Term, two of our Post-16 students and a member of staff (Lucy P, Isabelle S and Mrs Littler) had the opportunity to visit Auschwitz as part of a Holocaust Educational Programme. Having recently visited ... Read More
26th April 2019Head Teacher
After a busy week, starting with the delivery of an assembly to Year 7 on environmental pollution, ten members of the school’s Eco Club took part in The Wembury Beach Conference, as part of the Marine Champions Project. ... Read More
29th March 2019Head Teacher
Many of you will be aware that over recent weeks around the world young people have been protesting to raise awareness over the impact of climate change. Many young people do not believe that governments around the ... Read More
22nd March 2019Head Teacher
This week saw Plymstock School’s Reading Festival take place. Over the course of the week a wide variety of literary activities took place. We started the week with our reading rewards in Year 7 English lessons. ... Read More
8th March 2019Head Teacher
Over the half term break our annual ski trip took place, with 38 students from Years 7-11 and five staff, making their way to the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel. This world-class resort has 170 kilometres of ... Read More
28th February 2019Head Teacher
On Thursday this week, a group of Post-16 Criminology students headed off with Ms Williams, Miss Holton, Mr Sprenkel and myself to Channings Wood Prison. Channings Wood is a Category C training and resettlement prison, which was ... Read More
8th February 2019Head Teacher