Pendle Vale College
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Nov 10 2021 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
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Unique reference
- 134989
- Address
- Oxford Road, BB9 8LF
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1055 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 53.3%
- Girls
- 46.7%
- First language not English
- 27.4%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 28.7%
- Persistent absence
- 42.3%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 10.9%
Pakistani 82.8%
White British 7.7%
Other 2.6%
Mixed 2.1%
Unclassified 2%
Other White 1.7%
Other Asian 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.03
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.17
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 42%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 26%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 40.1
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.5
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Childcare Skills | Technical Award | 36 |
Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 37 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 33 |
Biology | GCSE | 119 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 71 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 115 |
English Language | GCSE | 214 |
English Literature | GCSE | 212 |
French | GCSE | 109 |
Admissions
Pendle Vale College
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 206
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 209
- 2nd preference
- 226
- 3rd preference
- 108
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 189
- 2nd preference
- 15
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 23 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 207 115 92 |
Year 8 | 208 120 88 |
Year 9 | 215 120 95 |
Year 10 | 210 97 113 |
Year 11 | 215 110 105 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 91.0% 81.7% 85.6% |
Further education | 90.0% 49.4% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 11.8% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 20.1% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | SP 0.4% 0.5% |
Entering employment | 2.0% 5.0% 4.1% |
Entering apprenticeships | SP 5.7% 3.2% |
Not in education or employment | 6.0% 6.5% 5.9% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 1.1% 1.2% |