Archway School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 3 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
115723
Address
Paganhill, GL5 4AX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
997 (70% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
7.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.9%
Persistent absence
32.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.2%
Other White 7.9%
Mixed 5%
Indian 1%
Unclassified 1%
Other 0.9%
Other Asian 0.8%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
African 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.1
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.96
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award40
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award38
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award53
Art & DesignGCSE50
BiologyGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE56
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE38
English LanguageGCSE158
English LiteratureGCSE155
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Archway School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
211
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
169
2nd preference
96
3rd preference
68
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
169
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes20.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
235
100
135
Year 8
173
93
80
Year 9
170
88
82
Year 10
149
69
80
Year 11
155
101
54
Year 12
70
28
42
Year 13
45
28
17
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
85.9%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
24.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
20.0%
10.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
59.0%
63.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
21.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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