Cornwallis Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 12 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
135371
Address
Hubbards Lane, Linton, ME17 4HX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1321 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
55.6%
Girls
44.4%
First language not English
11.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.6%
Persistent absence
32.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.5%
Other White 7.9%
Mixed 6.4%
Gypsy/Roma 3.6%
African 2.3%
Other 1.1%
Caribbean 0.8%
Other Asian 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.46
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.7
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.27
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award1
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award50
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award22
TourismTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE46
BiologyGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE39
ChineseGCSE7
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cornwallis Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
208
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
274
2nd preference
132
3rd preference
112
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
188
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes20.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
237
124
113
Year 8
211
119
92
Year 9
167
88
79
Year 10
196
107
89
Year 11
219
117
102
Year 12
154
95
59
Year 13
137
85
52
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
49.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.8%
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
31.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020