Weald School, The

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 23 2013 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
West Sussex
Unique reference
126068
Address
Station Road, RH14 9RY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1745 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
2.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.6%
Persistent absence
20.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.9%
Other White 3.1%
Mixed 2.9%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other Asian 0.9%
African 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
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
0.31
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.2
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.29
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award12
Art & DesignGCSE81
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE25
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE62
Business Studies:SingleGCSE114
ChemistryGCSE62
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE68
Design & TechnologyGCSE59
English LanguageGCSE292
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Weald School, The

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
305
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
294
2nd preference
140
3rd preference
103
From another Local Authority
24
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
282
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
12
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 classes20.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
299
145
154
Year 8
295
139
156
Year 9
296
159
137
Year 10
296
144
152
Year 11
295
150
145
Year 12
158
75
83
Year 13
106
61
45
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
37.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
28.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
25.0%
20.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
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
72.0%
56.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
14.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
12.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020