The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 20 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Unique reference
136543
Address
Vaughans Lane, Great Boughton, CH3 5XF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1179 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
53.4%
Girls
46.6%
First language not English
7.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.2%
Persistent absence
21.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.8%
Other White 8.9%
Mixed 3.7%
Chinese 1.8%
Other Asian 0.9%
African 0.8%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.42
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.9
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.37
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award15
TourismTechnical Award10
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE30
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE178
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
213
2nd preference
267
3rd preference
144
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
203
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
118
91
Year 8
209
90
119
Year 9
208
119
89
Year 10
192
125
67
Year 11
208
102
106
Year 12
87
38
49
Year 13
66
38
28
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
30.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
36.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
16.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.3%
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%
75.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
33.0%
33.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
26.0%
27.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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