Cranbourne

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 24 2021 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
116432
Address
Wessex Close, RG21 3NP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
987 (69% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
18.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.1%
Persistent absence
23.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 67.8%
Other White 7.9%
Mixed 6%
African 5.8%
Other Asian 4.2%
Indian 4.1%
Other Black 0.9%
Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 42.2
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.74
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award14
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award13
Speech & DramaTechnical Award8
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE23
Art & DesignGCSE13
BiologyGCSE41
ChemistryGCSE41
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Cranbourne

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
241
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
165
2nd preference
154
3rd preference
98
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
256
126
130
Year 8
258
123
135
Year 9
206
112
94
Year 10
147
74
73
Year 11
120
64
56
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
42.0%
38.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
0.0%
5.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
36.0%
41.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
8.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023