Parkside Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Apr 20 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Unique reference
136636
Address
Parkside, CB1 1EH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
735 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
44.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.3%
Persistent absence
23.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 40.5%
Other White 23.5%
Mixed 12.5%
Chinese 7.2%
Other 3.3%
Other Asian 3%
Unclassified 2.7%
Indian 2.3%
Pakistani 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1%
African 1%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.82
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 82%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 71%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60.6
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.89
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE95
ChemistryGCSE95
ChineseGCSE7
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE122
English LiteratureGCSE118
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Parkside Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
114
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
180
2nd preference
225
3rd preference
179
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
106
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
0
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
153
81
72
Year 8
151
80
71
Year 9
127
66
61
Year 10
130
55
75
Year 11
123
60
63
Year 12
17
12
5
Year 13
34
17
17
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
87.0%
85.6%
Further education
6.0%
27.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
7.0%
24.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
75.0%
34.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
84.0%
67.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
39.0%
28.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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