The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 21 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
Warwickshire
Unique reference
125764
Address
Newbold Road, Newbold-on-Avon, CV21 1EH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1107 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
46.3%
Girls
53.7%
First language not English
24.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.5%
Persistent absence
25.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 58%
Other White 17.4%
Mixed 7.5%
Unclassified 5.8%
African 2.7%
Indian 1.9%
Other Asian 1.8%
Other 1.3%
Other Black 1.2%
Pakistani 1%
Caribbean 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.9
Local authority average 48.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.42
Local authority average 4.22
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)2
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE63
BiologyGCSE42
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE42
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
DanceGCSE26
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
213
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
197
2nd preference
128
3rd preference
83
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
7
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
222
96
126
Year 8
228
110
118
Year 9
218
93
125
Year 10
220
109
111
Year 11
219
104
115
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
87.0%
86.5%
Further education
62.0%
32.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
20.0%
45.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
7.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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