Richard Lander School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 4 2023 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
112055
Address
Higher Besore Road, TR3 6LT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1516 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
53.2%
Girls
46.8%
First language not English
2.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
18%
Persistent absence
26.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.5%
Mixed 2.9%
Other White 1.4%
Other Asian 1.1%
African 0.7%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

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

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.5
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.04
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award61
Health StudiesTechnical Award42
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award21
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE41
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE23
BiologyGCSE112
ChemistryGCSE111
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
DanceGCSE5
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Richard Lander School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
310
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
332
2nd preference
177
3rd preference
68
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
306
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 classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
313
171
142
Year 8
315
177
138
Year 9
301
166
135
Year 10
299
151
148
Year 11
288
141
147
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
83.0%
55.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
17.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
9.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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