The Wavell School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 10 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
116448
Address
Lynchford Road, The Wavell School, GU14 6BH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1018 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
23.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.1%
Persistent absence
20.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.6%
Other Asian 6.2%
Mixed 6%
Other White 3.8%
Indian 3.3%
African 2%
Pakistani 1.2%
Other 1%
Caribbean 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 45%
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 52
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.72
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE61
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE49
DanceGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE196
English LiteratureGCSE191
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE38
FrenchGCSE45
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Wavell School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
204
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
249
2nd preference
134
3rd preference
118
From another Local Authority
67
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
188
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
3
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
204
98
106
Year 8
203
104
99
Year 9
204
94
110
Year 10
204
107
97
Year 11
203
112
91
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
SP
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
43.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022