Kingsbridge Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Mar 8 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
- 30.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 15.6%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Art & Design | GCSE | 35 |
Biology | GCSE | 55 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 44 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 55 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 20 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 32 |
English Language | GCSE | 189 |
English Literature | GCSE | 181 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 29 |
French | GCSE | 103 |
Admissions
Kingsbridge Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 179
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 173
- 2nd preference
- 24
- 3rd preference
- 20
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 173
- 2nd preference
- 1
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.3 |
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 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 88.0% 80.5% 85.6% |
Further education | 27.0% 55.9% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 58.0% 22.3% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 1.6% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 3.0% 0.7% 0.5% |
Entering employment | 7.0% 6.8% 4.1% |
Entering apprenticeships | 2.0% 5.6% 3.2% |
Not in education or employment | 2.0% 6.2% 5.9% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.8% 1.2% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 61.0% 57.8% 65.5% |
Top third higher education institutions | 30.0% 22.7% 23.8% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 0.0% 2.5% 2.5% |
Higher apprenticeships | 2.0% 1.6% 2.2% |