Barnwood Park School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 4 2019 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
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
115720
Address
St Lawrence Road, Barnwood, GL4 3QU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
889 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
48.1%
Girls
51.9%
First language not English
8.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.4%
Persistent absence
30.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.2%
Mixed 10.2%
Other White 5.6%
African 3.5%
Indian 2%
Caribbean 2%
Pakistani 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Other Asian 1.3%
Unclassified 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.43
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.4
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.01
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
DanceGCSE9
English LanguageGCSE144
English LiteratureGCSE143
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE51
FrenchGCSE8
GeographyGCSE33
HistoryGCSE42
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Barnwood Park School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
169
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
185
2nd preference
126
3rd preference
129
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
138
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
9
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 classes26.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
83
98
Year 8
179
90
89
Year 9
178
92
86
Year 10
178
77
101
Year 11
173
86
87
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
85.9%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
24.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
41.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
10.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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