Wadham School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 27 2019 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
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Somerset
Unique reference
123893
Address
Yeovil Road, TA18 7NT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
805 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
2.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.8%
Persistent absence
31.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.7%
Mixed 3.3%
Other White 2.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
African 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.69
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.2
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.3
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE20
Business Studies:SingleGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE20
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE10
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
Applied EngineeringGCSE29
English LanguageGCSE142
English LiteratureGCSE140
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE24
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Wadham School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
151
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
147
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
11
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
147
2nd preference
1
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
82
67
Year 8
157
76
81
Year 9
164
86
78
Year 10
162
78
84
Year 11
148
72
76
Year 12
10
6
4
Year 13
15
4
11
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
70.0%
80.7%
85.6%
Further education
49.0%
47.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
13.0%
16.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
7.0%
15.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
6.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
16.0%
5.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
52.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
19.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
6.0%
3.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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