Barnwell School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 24 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
117518
Address
Barnwell, SG2 9SW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1323 (62% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
14.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.8%
Persistent absence
31.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 71.1%
Other White 5.9%
Mixed 5.9%
African 5.6%
Unclassified 4.2%
Other Asian 2.7%
Indian 1.1%
Other 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.31
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.1
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.56
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award37
Sports StudiesTechnical Award39
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award31
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award11
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE10
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Barnwell School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
250
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
176
2nd preference
85
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
176
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
7
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 classes19.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
279
143
136
Year 8
253
121
132
Year 9
256
127
129
Year 10
217
99
118
Year 11
219
120
99
Year 12
57
26
31
Year 13
42
17
25
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
52.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
33.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
52.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
5.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
2.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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