Uffculme School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Good
Jan 28 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Devon
Unique reference
136287
Address
Chapel Hill, Uffculme, EX15 3AG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1085 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
3.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.1%
Persistent absence
17.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.4%
Unclassified 21.1%
Other White 1.9%
Mixed 1.5%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
African 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.7
Local authority average 45.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.38
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award30
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award17
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE48
BiologyGCSE156
ChemistryGCSE156
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE30
English LanguageGCSE219
English LiteratureGCSE216
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Uffculme School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
265
2nd preference
82
3rd preference
25
From another Local Authority
28
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
201
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
215
122
93
Year 8
219
110
109
Year 9
216
120
96
Year 10
216
106
110
Year 11
219
91
128
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
57.0%
55.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
23.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
26.0%
1.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
6.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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