Pyrland School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Sept 14 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Somerset
Unique reference
136193
Address
Cheddon Road, TA2 7QP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
958 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
52.7%
Girls
47.3%
First language not English
11.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.3%
Persistent absence
37.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.6%
Unclassified 9.2%
Other White 5.1%
Mixed 2.5%
African 1.9%
Other 0.9%
Other Asian 0.8%
Indian 0.7%
Pakistani 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 6%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.2
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.7
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award9
TourismTechnical Award9
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE23
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE62
ChemistryGCSE62
ChineseGCSE1
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Pyrland School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
190
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
128
2nd preference
59
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
128
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
11
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
220
131
89
Year 8
208
96
112
Year 9
192
98
94
Year 10
169
92
77
Year 11
169
88
81
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
80.7%
85.6%
Further education
36.0%
47.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
3.0%
16.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
33.0%
15.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
10.0%
6.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
5.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
6.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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