Robert Blake School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Oct 11 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
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Somerset
Unique reference
123878
Address
Hamp Avenue, TA6 6AW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1046 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
48.5%
Girls
51.5%
First language not English
16.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.1%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80%
Other White 11.4%
Mixed 3%
Other 1.7%
Unclassified 1.5%
African 0.9%
Other Asian 0.8%
Indian 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.79
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.7
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.24
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award14
Health StudiesTechnical Award46
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award38
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE53
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE161
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Robert Blake School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
217
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
211
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
31
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
211
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
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 classes25.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
114
125
Year 8
217
111
106
Year 9
202
87
115
Year 10
195
98
97
Year 11
193
97
96
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
82.7%
86.5%
Further education
79.0%
65.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
16.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
6.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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