Cranford Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 9 2022 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
Hounslow
Unique reference
136522
Address
High Street, Cranford, TW5 9PD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1490 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
69.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
27%
Persistent absence
14.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.4%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 32.1%
Pakistani 16.6%
African 16%
Other 14%
Other White 6.8%
Mixed 4.1%
White British 3.8%
Other Asian 2.7%
Bangladeshi 2%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Unclassified 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
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
0.55
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.45
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 94%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 62%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.7
Local authority average 49.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.91
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE82
ChemistryGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
EconomicsGCSE46
English LanguageGCSE206
English LiteratureGCSE206
FrenchGCSE1
GeographyGCSE117
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cranford Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
201
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
173
2nd preference
151
3rd preference
105
From another Local Authority
220
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
155
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
48
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
101
107
Year 8
210
109
101
Year 9
210
105
105
Year 10
208
119
89
Year 11
207
106
101
Year 12
251
145
106
Year 13
196
104
92
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
92.9%
86.5%
Further education
11.0%
25.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
81.0%
65.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
0.8%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
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
82.0%
78.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
21.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
19.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020