The Corsham School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 12 2019 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
Wiltshire
Unique reference
136611
Address
The Tynings, SN13 9DF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1264 (76% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
2.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.1%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.4%
Mixed 4.3%
Other White 2.5%
Unclassified 1%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Other 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

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

Entering EBacc

School 39%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.3
Local authority average 46.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.04
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
BiologyGCSE62
ChemistryGCSE62
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE184
English LiteratureGCSE179
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE19
FrenchGCSE45
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Corsham School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
250
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
252
2nd preference
60
3rd preference
39
From another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
243
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes25.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
223
117
106
Year 8
259
133
126
Year 9
230
116
114
Year 10
203
101
102
Year 11
195
89
106
Year 12
79
35
44
Year 13
75
33
42
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
32.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
57.0%
47.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
6.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
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
77.0%
65.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
23.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
22.0%
22.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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