Redruth School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 13 2018 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Cornwall
Unique reference
112054
Address
Tolgus Vean, TR15 1TA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1454 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
1.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.3%
Persistent absence
29.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.5%
Other White 3.4%
Mixed 2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
African 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.07
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.2
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.79
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award34
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award23
TourismTechnical Award17
Art & DesignGCSE39
BiologyGCSE19
ChemistryGCSE18
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
Design & TechnologyGCSE50
English LanguageGCSE284
English LiteratureGCSE279
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Redruth School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
298
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
362
2nd preference
178
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
294
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
293
152
141
Year 8
307
150
157
Year 9
290
159
131
Year 10
280
135
145
Year 11
284
149
135
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
82.4%
85.6%
Further education
83.0%
54.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
3.0%
14.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
13.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
7.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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