Willingdon Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 14 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
East Sussex
Unique reference
114592
Address
Broad Road, Lower Willingdon, BN20 9QX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1051 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
53.8%
Girls
46.2%
First language not English
3.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.6%
Persistent absence
17.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.8%
Mixed 2.3%
Other White 1.6%
Gypsy/Roma 1.1%
Indian 1%
Unclassified 0.8%
Other Asian 0.7%
African 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45
Local authority average 43.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.67
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award22
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award8
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award1
Art & DesignGCSE40
BiologyGCSE66
Business Studies:SingleGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE66
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
English LanguageGCSE197
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Willingdon Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
229
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
301
2nd preference
164
3rd preference
99
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
210
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
2
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 classes25.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
130
110
Year 8
210
113
97
Year 9
209
110
99
Year 10
198
110
88
Year 11
194
102
92
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
85.1%
86.5%
Further education
42.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
16.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
41.0%
30.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022