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Lytchett Minster School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Dorset
Unique reference
113863
Address
Post Green Road, Purbeck, Lytchett Minster, BH16 6JD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1526 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
2.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.1%
Persistent absence
25.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.1%
Other White 3.4%
Mixed 2.8%
African 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.38
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 38%
England average 40%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 42%
England average 46%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.4
Local authority average 44.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.03
Local authority average 3.9
England average 4.07
Year 2023-2024

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award85
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE66
BiologyGCSE119
Business Studies:SingleGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE119
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE61
DanceGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE250
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Lytchett Minster School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
255
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
259
2nd preference
108
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
142
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
248
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
62
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 classes24.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
261
145
116
Year 8
259
127
132
Year 9
255
119
136
Year 10
256
123
133
Year 11
252
117
135
Year 12
118
56
62
Year 13
125
64
61
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Secondary

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
85.3%
86.0%
Further education
35.0%
35.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
50.0%
48.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.8%
4.0%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.8%
5.8%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
63.0%
58.4%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
21.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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