Oldfield School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 21 2020 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
Bath and North East Somerset
Unique reference
136483
Address
Kelston Road, BA1 9AB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1262 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
9.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.2%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.6%
Mixed 7.6%
Other White 5.5%
Indian 2.3%
Other Asian 1.7%
African 1.7%
Unclassified 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 51%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47
Local authority average 49.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.17
Local authority average 4.38
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE63
ChemistryGCSE57
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
DanceGCSE7
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Oldfield School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
191
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
259
2nd preference
266
3rd preference
156
From another Local Authority
293
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
47
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 classes20.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
223
106
117
Year 8
223
109
114
Year 9
222
115
107
Year 10
222
117
105
Year 11
201
94
107
Year 12
91
40
51
Year 13
80
41
39
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
24.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
54.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
15.0%
7.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.6%
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
67.0%
61.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
25.0%
20.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
22.0%
21.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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