Coombe Dean School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 23 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Plymouth
Unique reference
136558
Address
Charnhill Way, Elburton, PL9 8ES

Pupils

Number of Pupils
995 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
56.7%
Girls
43.3%
First language not English
15.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.5%
Persistent absence
22.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.3%
Other White 8.5%
Unclassified 5.1%
Mixed 4.6%
Other 3%
African 2.2%
Chinese 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.1
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.04
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE67
BiologyGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE61
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE162
English LiteratureGCSE162
FrenchGCSE17
GeographyGCSE98
GermanGCSE16
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Coombe Dean School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
193
2nd preference
212
3rd preference
92
From another Local Authority
83
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
167
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
2
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 classes24.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
101
78
Year 8
177
90
87
Year 9
172
90
82
Year 10
175
109
66
Year 11
155
93
62
Year 12
60
38
22
Year 13
77
43
34
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
28.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
59.0%
51.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
7.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
60.0%
52.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
12.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
15.0%
13.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
5.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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