Kingsbridge Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 7 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Devon
Unique reference
136367
Address
Balkwill Road, TQ7 1PL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1292 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
48.4%
Girls
51.6%
First language not English
3.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
11%
Persistent absence
24.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.8%
Other White 5.5%
Unclassified 2.2%
Mixed 1.9%
Other 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.03
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.8
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.46
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE40
BiologyGCSE61
Business Studies:SingleGCSE41
ChemistryGCSE61
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE194
English LiteratureGCSE192
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE21
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kingsbridge Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
179
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
173
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
20
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
173
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
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 classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
199
99
100
Year 8
219
113
106
Year 9
213
98
115
Year 10
206
102
104
Year 11
196
91
105
Year 12
131
60
71
Year 13
128
62
66
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
57.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
57.0%
24.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.5%
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
57.0%
54.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
17.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
21.0%
18.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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