Coopers School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 9 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
Bromley
Unique reference
136464
Address
Hawkwood Lane, BR7 5PS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1293 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
58.4%
Girls
41.6%
First language not English
6.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
20%
Persistent absence
24.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 67.2%
Other White 9.1%
Mixed 8.8%
African 4.6%
Caribbean 2.1%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other 1.4%
Indian 1.1%
Other Asian 1.1%
Other Black 1%
Chinese 0.9%
Pakistani 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.34
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 54%
Local authority average 60%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.2
Local authority average 51.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.19
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award37
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award18
Art & DesignGCSE66
BiologyGCSE36
Business Studies:SingleGCSE83
ChemistryGCSE35
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE46
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
English LanguageGCSE240
English LiteratureGCSE238
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Coopers School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
236
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
146
2nd preference
167
3rd preference
138
From another Local Authority
301
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
130
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
26
To another Local Authority
85
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 classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
236
148
88
Year 8
226
128
98
Year 9
228
119
109
Year 10
227
139
88
Year 11
231
129
102
Year 12
82
55
27
Year 13
63
37
26
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
90.4%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
17.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
50.0%
69.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.1%
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
67.0%
66.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
22.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
4.0%
19.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
SP
1.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
SP
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020