The Henry Cort Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 14 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
116466
Address
Hillson Drive, PO15 6PH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
885 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
6.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.4%
Persistent absence
24.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.5%
Mixed 3.9%
Other White 3.8%
African 1.2%
Indian 1%
Chinese 1%
Other Asian 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Other 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.2
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 67%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.7
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.62
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award12
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
BiologyGCSE98
Business Studies:SingleGCSE13
ChemistryGCSE95
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE12
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE13
DanceGCSE16
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Henry Cort Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
189
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
132
2nd preference
107
3rd preference
72
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
132
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
14
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 classes26.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
193
96
97
Year 8
194
97
97
Year 9
170
74
96
Year 10
171
87
84
Year 11
157
92
65
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
46.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
37.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
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
5.0%
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