Swanmore College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 25 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
Hampshire
Unique reference
116424
Address
New Road, Swanmore, SO32 2RB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1330 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
4.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.6%
Persistent absence
22.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.9%
Other White 3.9%
Mixed 3.4%
Gypsy/Roma 1.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Indian 0.4%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Other 0.2%
African 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.2
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.48
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
Art & DesignGCSE44
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
ChineseGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
Design & TechnologyGCSE27
Applied EngineeringGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE259
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Swanmore College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
262
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
299
2nd preference
104
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
253
2nd preference
9
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 classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
268
128
140
Year 8
279
125
154
Year 9
259
130
129
Year 10
265
138
127
Year 11
259
134
125
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
85.7%
85.6%
Further education
31.0%
38.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
6.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
59.0%
40.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023