Applemore College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jul 12 2022 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
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
116504
Address
Roman Road, Dibden Purlieu, SO45 4RQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
568 (74% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
1.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.4%
Persistent absence
29.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.2%
Mixed 3.2%
Other White 2.8%
African 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish Traveller 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
-0.64
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 26%
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 41.5
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.55
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award2
Art & DesignGCSE41
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE126
English LiteratureGCSE125
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE31
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Applemore College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
89
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
87
2nd preference
98
3rd preference
31
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
87
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
79
40
39
Year 8
136
61
75
Year 9
94
54
40
Year 10
118
64
54
Year 11
141
72
69
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
37.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
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