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
- Website
- http://oldfieldschool.com/
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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 1 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 20 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 1 |
Biology | GCSE | 60 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 63 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 57 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 26 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 22 |
Dance | GCSE | 7 |
Admissions
Oldfield School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 191
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 259
- 2nd preference
- 266
- 3rd preference
- 156
- From another Local Authority
- 293
Offers
- 1st preference
- 177
- 2nd preference
- 11
- 3rd preference
- 3
- To another Local Authority
- 47
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 20.1 |
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 |
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% |
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% |