• Chantry School

• Corporation Grammar School (1561-1937)

• Hospital of the Orphan's Aid

• Hospital of the Poor's Portion

• Plympton Grammar School (1671-1983)

• Hele and Lanyon School (1674-1907)

• Grey Coat School (1714-1972)

• Saint Budeaux Foundation School (1717-1834)

• Mary Dean's Free School, Tamerton Foliot (1734-1903)

• Dame Hannah Rogers' School (1764-present)

• Eggbuckland Chantry or Charity School (c1778-c1848)

• Batter Street Benevolent Institution / Schools (1785-?)

• Household of Faith School (1787-1931)

• Plymouth Dock Royal Lancastrian School (1799-1903)

• Plymouth Public Free School (1809-1927)

• Founding of the National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the established Church

• Stonehouse Public School for Poor Children (1811-1851)

• Quaker School of Industry existed

• Stoke Public School for Poor Boys and Girls (1819-1876)

• Dock Classical and Mathematical Subscription School (1821-?)

• Plymouth Subscription Classical and Mathematical School (1822-1866)

• Dean National School, Plymstock (1827-1871)

• United Mathematical and Commercial School (1829-?)

• Compton National School, Eggbuckland (1830-1903)
• Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic School (1830-1903)

• Royal Navy and Military Free Schools (1831-1903)

• Saint Boniface Roman Catholic School (c1833-1903)

• Saint Budeaux National School (1834-1903)

• School Sites Act 1836

• Charles National School (1838-1903)

• School Sites Act 1841

• Saint Andrew's Chapel National School (1842-?)

• Holy Trinity National Schools (1844-?)

• Saint Mary's National School, Devonport (c1846-1903)

• Eggbuckland National School (1847-1903)

• Plymouth Ragged School Association (1848-1873)
• Saint James the Great Parochial Schools, Devonport (1848-1903)

• Christ Church Parochial Schools (1850-1906)
• Moorfield School for Girls (c1850-?)

• Saint Peter's Parochial School (1850-?)

• Saint George's National School, East Stonehouse (1851-1903)

• First Roman Catholic Collegiate School in Plymouth
  SEE 1900 Saint Boniface's Catholic College

• Mannamead School (1854-1896)

• Hooe (Saint John's) National School (1855-1903)

• Saint Stephen's National School (existed 1857)-1903

• Pennycross National School (existed 1858)

• Gunnerside School for Girls (1860-1941)
• Saint Paul's Parochial School (c1860-?)

• Stoke Damerel Parochial School (c1860-?)

• Saint Andrew's National School (1861-1903)

• Sutton-on-Plym Parochial Schools (1861-?)

• Turnchapel National School (1861/62-1903)

• Plymouth School of Navigation (1862-1932)

• George Street Day School (1865-?)

• Millbay National School (1866-1872)

• Hoe Grammar School (1867-1941)

• Notre Dame Roman Catholic Secondary School for Girls (1868-1945)
• Plympton Saint Maurice National School (1868-1903)

• Saint James the Less Parochial Schools, Plymouth (1868-1903)

• Jacob Nathan Endowed School (1869-1941)

• Devonport British Schools (c1870-1903)
• Elementary Education Act 1870

• Admiralty School, East Stonehouse (1871-1932)
• Dean Board School, Plymstock (1871-1903)
• Devonport School Board (1871-1903)
• Laira Green and Crabtree Schools, Eggbuckland (1871-c1892)

• Plymouth School Board (1871-1903)
• Plymstock School Board (1871-1903)
• Wolsdon Street Board School (1871-1903)

• Edgcumbe Place Board School for Girls (1872-c1876)
• Holy Cross Roman Catholic Elementary School (1872-1945)

• King Street/Frederick Street Board School (1872-1903)
• Oxford Street Board Schools (1872-1903)
• Saint Paul's National School, East Stonehouse (1872-?)

• Ford/Cambridge Road Board School (1873-1903)

• Castle Street Board School (1874-1903)
• Cherry Garden Street/York Street Board School (1874-1903)
• East Stonehouse School Board (1874-1903)

• Morice Town Board School (1874-1903)
• Plymouth High School for Girls (1874-present)
• Plympton Public School (1874-1924)
• Treville Street Board School (1874-1903)

• Cornwall Street Board School (1875-1903)
• Stoke Board School (1875-1903)

• Sutton Road Board School (1875-1903)

• Mount Street Board Schools (1876-1903)

• Union Street Board Schools (c1877-1903)

• Devonport, Stoke and Stonehouse High School for Girls (1878-1895)
• Goosewell Board School, Plymstock (1878-1903)
• High Street Board School, East Stonehouse (1878-1903)

• Headland College (1880s-1949)

• Palace Court Board School (1881-1903)

• Plymouth Truant Industrial School (1882-1906)
• Royal Marine School, East Stonehouse (1882-1921)

• East Street Board School, East Stonehouse (1883-1903)

• Mount Street Higher Grade Board School for Boys (1886-1897)

• Cattedown Road Board Schools (1886-1903)

• Eggbuckland and Laira Green School Board (1890-1896)

• Laira Board School (1892-1903)

• Plymouth Science, Art & Technical Schools (1892-1914) formally known as Victoria Jubilee Memorial Science, Art and Technical Schools

• Stuart Road Board School (1893-1903)

• Devonport High School for Boys (1895-present)

• North Road Board School (1896-1903)

• Devonport Technical School/College (1897-1990s)

• Regent Street Higher Grade Board School (1897-1903)

• Devonport Science, Art & Technical School (1898-1914)
• Johnston Terrace Board School (1898-1903)

• Admiralty School, Saint Budeaux (?-1900/1903)

• Devonport Victoria Road Board School (1901-1903)
• Montpelier Board School (1901-1903)
• Saint Budeaux School Board (1901-1903)

• Castle Street Infant School (1903-1964)
• Cattedown Road Elementary Schools (1903-1945)
• Charles Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Cornwall Street Elementary School (1903-1941?)
• Crownhill County Secondary School (1903-1945)
• Dean Cross Elementary School, Plymstock (1903-1911)
• East Street Elementary School, East Stonehouse (1903-1945)
• Eggbuckland Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Ford Elementary Schools (1903-1945)
• Goosewell Elementary School, (1903-1945)
• High Street Elementary School, East Stonehouse (1903-1945)
• Hooe Elementary School (1903-38)
• Hyde Park Road Elementary School (1903-1945)
• King Street Elementary School, Plymouth (1903-1945)
• Laira Elementary School (1903-1927)
• Mary Dean Elementary School, Tamerton Foliot (1903-1945)
• Montpelier Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Morice Town Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Mount Street Elementary School, Devonport (1903-1904)
• Mount Street Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Mount Street Senior School (1903-?)

• North Road Elementary School (1903-?)
• Oxford Street Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Plympton Saint Maurice Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Regent Street Intermediate School (1903-1926)
• Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Saint Budeaux and Crownhill Board School (1903 only)
• Saint Budeaux Church of England Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Saint Budeaux Victoria Road Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Saint George's Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Salisbury Road Board Schools (April 1903 only)
• Salisbury Road Elementary Schools (April 1903-1945)
• Stillman Street Elementary School (1903-?)
• Stoke Elementary School (1903-1927)
• Stuart Road Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Sutton Road Elementary School (1903-1945)
• Treville Street Elementary School (1903-1929)
• Turnchapel Elementary School (1903-1931)
• Union Street Elementary Schools (1903-?)
• Wolsdon Street Elementary School (1903-?)
• York Street Elementary School (1903-1945)

• Ker Street Infant School (1904-1981/82)

• Devonport Higher Elementary School (1906-1921)
• Keyham Barton Roman Catholic Elementary School (1906-1945)

• Paradise Road Elementary & Special Instruction Schools (1907-1941)
• Weston Mill Temporary Infant School (1906-?)

• Devonport Municipal Secondary School for Girls (1908-1909)
• Prince Rock Elementary School (1908-1945)

• Devonport Secondary School for Girls (1909-1937)

• King Street Elementary School, Devonport (1910-1945)

• Camel's Head Elementary School (1912-1945)

• Plymouth and Devonport Municipal Technical Schools (1914-1926)

• Plymouth Junior Technical School for Boys (1914-?)

• Little Efford Open-Air Day School (1918-?)

• Mount Tamar Open-air School (1920-1941)

• Keppel Place Central School (1921-1926)

• Plympton Senior School (1924-1945)

• Plymouth and Devonport Municipal Technical College (1926-1962)
• Stoke Damerel Secondary School for Girls (1926-1935)

• Sutton Secondary School for Boys (1926-1937)

• Laira Green Council School (1927-1945)
• Public Central Schools (1927-1945)

• Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Senior School (1927-1945)
• Somerset Place Elementary School (1927-1945)

• North Prospect Elementary School (1931-1945)

• Caroline Place Elementary School (1933/34-c1941)

• Tamar Central School for Boys (1933-1945)

• Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Elementary School (1935-1945)

• Stoke Damerel High School for Girls (1935-1986)

• Crownhill County Infant and Junior School (1936-1945)

• Devonport High School for Girls (1937-present)
• Honicknowle County Junior School (1937-1939)

• Sutton High School for Boys (1937-1986)

• Hooe County Junior School (1938-1945)

• Honicknowle Junior School (1939-1945)
• King's Tamerton Senior Elementary School (building)

The Education Act 1944, promoted by Mr R A Butler, Minister of Education, reconstituted the Board of Education as the Ministry of Education and created a new Tripartite system of free secondary education for children of both sexes over the age of 11 years.  The system created grammar schools, secondary technical schools and secondary modern schools and local education authorities were also permitted to open comprehensive schools in which all three were to be accommodated.  The school leaving age remained at 15 years until 1973.

In regards to primary schools, although many came into being in 1928 following a report on education published two years earlier, they were not formalised until the 1944 Education came into force.  Until then schools in Plymouth were still known by the pre-War titles of infants, junior mixed, junior boys, or junior girls.

• Camel's Head Primary School (1945-?)
• Camel's Head Secondary Modern School (1945-?)
• Cattedown Road Primary School (1945-1973)
• Charles Voluntary Primary School (1945-1961)
• Charles Voluntary Secondary Modern School (1945-1985)
• Compton Church of England Primary School (1945-present)
• Crownhill Secondary Modern School (1945-1987?)
• Eggbuckland Voluntary Primary School (1945-1971)
• Ford Primary School (1945-present)
• Ford Secondary Modern School (1945-1990)
• Frederick Street Primary School (1945-1974)
• Goosewell County Primary School (1945-present)
• High Street Primary School, East Stonehouse (1945-present)
• Honicknowle Primary School (1945-1983)
• Holy Cross Roman Catholic Voluntary Primary School (1945-present)
• Hooe County Primary School (1945-1956)
• Hyde Park Road Primary School (1945-present)
• Hyde Park Road Secondary Modern School (1945-1955)
• Keyham Barton Roman Catholic Primary School (1945-present)
• Keyham Barton Roman Catholic Secondary Modern School (1945-1965)
• Laira Green Primary School (1945-?)
• Laira Green Secondary Modern School (1945-1985)
• Mary Dean's Church of England Primary School (1945-present)
• Montpelier Primary School (1945-present)

• Morice Town Primary School (1945-present)
• Mount Street Primary School (1945-present)
• North Prospect Primary School (1945-?)
• Oxford Street Primary School (1945-1983)
• Plympton Saint Maurice Primary School (1945-date)
• Plympton Secondary Modern School (1945-1983)
• Prince Rock Primary School (1945-present)
• Prince Rock Secondary Modern School (1945-1985)
• Public Secondary Schools (1945-85)
• Saint Andrew's Church of England Primary School (1945-present)
• Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Primary School (1945-1993)
• Saint Budeaux Foundation Church of England Junior School (1945-present)
• Saint Edward's Church of England Primary School (1945-present)
• Saint George's Church of England Primary School (1945-present)
• Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Secondary Modern School (1945-1965)
• Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School (1945-present)
• Salisbury Road Primary School (1945-present)
• Salisbury Road Secondary Modern School for Girls (1945-1985)
• Stoke Damerel Primary School (1945-present)
• Stuart Road Primary School (1945-present)
• Stuart Road Secondary Modern School for Girls (1945-1955)
• Tamar Secondary School for Boys (1945-1972)
• Valletort Secondary Modern School (1945-1970)
• Victoria Road Primary School (1945-present)

• Trelawny Secondary Modern School (1946-c1979)

• King's Tamerton Secondary Modern School (1947-1989/90)
• Trelawny Primary School (1947/48)

• South Trelawny Primary School (1948-?)

• Ernesettle Primary School (1949-present ?)

• Plym View Primary School (1949-?)
• West Park Infants' School (1949-1983)

• Honicknowle Secondary Modern School (1951-1990)

• Drake Primary School (1952-present)
• Efford Secondary Modern School (1952-1985)
• Highfield Primary School (1952-present)
• Knowle Primary School (1952-present)

• Lakeside Primary School (1952-1981)
• Martin's Gate Secondary Modern School (1952-c1972)
• Plaistow Hill Infant School (1952-present)
• South Crownhill Primary School (1952-?)

• Pennycross Primary School (1953-present)

• Whitleigh Primary School (1953-2008)

• Barne Barton Primary School (1955-2008)
• Burleigh Secondary Modern School (1955-1990)
• Lipson Vale Primary School (1955-present)

• Penlee Secondary Modern School (1955-?)
• Woodfield Primary School (1955-present)

• Hooe County Infants' School (1956-1982)

• Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School (1956-present)

• Ernesettle Secondary Modern School (1957-1984)

• Woodford Primary School (1957-present)

• Burrington Secondary Modern School (1958-1986)
• Manadon Vale Primary School (1958-present)

• Widey Technical School for Boys (1959-1972)

• Marlborough Primary School (1960s-present)

• Pomphlett Primary School, Plymstock (1960-present)

• Devonport Secondary Modern School (1962-1993)

• Plymouth College of Technology (1962-1970)
• Southway Comprehensive School (1962-1994)

• Austin Farm Primary School (1963-present)
• Bull Point Primary School (1963-2008)
• Dunstone Primary School, Plymstock (1963-present)

• Widey Court Primary School (1963-present)

• Bishop Vaughan Roman Catholic Secondary Modern School (1965-1981)

• Chaddlewood Primary School, Plympton (1968-present)
• Elburton Primary School, Plymstock (1968-present)

• Longcause Special School, Plympton (1968-present)
• Old Priory Junior School, Plympton (1968-present)

• Eggbuckland Vale Primary School (1972-present)
• Tamar Secondary School (1972-1981)

• Widewell Primary School (1972 - present)
• Widey High School (1972-1988)

• Boringdon Primary School, Plympton (1975-present)

• Coombe Dean Comprehensive School (1976-present)

• Estover Primary School (1977-present)

• Thornbury Primary School (1978-present)

• Eggbuckland Comprehensive School (1979-?)

• Tamar High School (1981-1990)

• Hooe Primary School (1982-present)

• Pilgrim Primary School (1983-present)

• West Park Primary School (1983-2009)

• Lipson Comprehensive School (1985-present)

• John Kitto Comprehensive School (1986-?)

• Tamarside Comprehensive School (1989/90-1993)

• Cathedral School of Saint Mary (Roman Catholic) (1993-present)
• Parkside Comprehensive School (1993-2008)

• Southway Primary School (1993-2008)

• Sir John Community College (1994-present)
• Southway Community College (1994 - ?)

• Tamarside Community College (1994-?)

• Riverside Community Primary School (2008-present)

• Whitleigh Community Primary School (2008-present)

• Shakespeare Primary School (2009-present)

• Chaucer Primary School (1950s-2008)
• Cornwall Street Secondary Modern School for Girls (? - ?)
• Eggbuckland Community College (? - ?)
• John Kitto Community College (? - ?)
• Langley Junior School (?-2009)
• Leigham Primary School (? - present)
• Public High Schools ( ? -1985)

• Sir John Hunt Comprehensive School (? - 1993)
• Southway Comprehensive School (? - 1994)
• Stoke Secondary Modern School (? - ?)
• Tamerton Vale Primary School (? - 2008)
• West Park Primary School (? - present)
• Whitleigh Secondary Modern School (?-?)
• York Street Primary School (? - ?)