Jarrow School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jun 15 2022 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
- South Tyneside
- Unique reference
- 133725
- Address
- Field Terrace, NE32 5PR
- Website
- http://www.jarrowschool.com/
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 842 (98% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.1%
- Girls
- 48.9%
- First language not English
- 1.8%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 38.1%
- Persistent absence
- 27.4%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 20.8%
White British 95.8%
Mixed 1%
Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.7%
African 0.6%
Other White 0.5%
Other Asian 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.21
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.27
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 23%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 29%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 44
Local authority average 44.1
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.55
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 24 |
Dance: General | Technical Award | 13 |
Multimedia | Technical Award | 23 |
Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 12 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 10 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 34 |
Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 20 |
Biology | GCSE | 22 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 22 |
Admissions
Jarrow School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 163
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 202
- 2nd preference
- 94
- 3rd preference
- 51
- From another Local Authority
- 3
Offers
- 1st preference
- 160
- 2nd preference
- 3
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.2 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 178 79 99 |
Year 8 | 177 91 86 |
Year 9 | 163 85 78 |
Year 10 | 160 89 71 |
Year 11 | 164 86 78 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 64.0% 76.6% 85.6% |
Further education | 59.0% 51.3% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 5.0% 24.6% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 0.1% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.6% 0.5% |
Entering employment | 8.0% 5.5% 4.1% |
Entering apprenticeships | 10.0% 7.2% 3.2% |
Not in education or employment | 18.0% 10.0% 5.9% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 0.7% 1.2% |