Cove School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 15 2020 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
116446
Address
St John's Road, Cove, GU14 9RN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
979 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
18.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.7%
Persistent absence
24.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65.7%
Other Asian 8.5%
Mixed 6.8%
Other White 6.2%
African 3.9%
Other 2.3%
Indian 1.9%
Pakistani 1.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.61
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.4
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.64
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE41
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE38
ChemistryGCSE39
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE65
Design & TechnologyGCSE48
English LanguageGCSE196
English LiteratureGCSE188
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cove School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
198
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
207
2nd preference
75
3rd preference
62
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
181
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
6
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 classes23.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
100
108
Year 8
205
99
106
Year 9
181
88
93
Year 10
190
90
100
Year 11
195
105
90
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
39.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022