Kennet School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 15 2024 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
West Berkshire
Unique reference
136647
Address
Stoney Lane, RG19 4LL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1855 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
8.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.7%
Persistent absence
25.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.2%
Other White 6.4%
Mixed 4.9%
Indian 2.2%
Chinese 1%
African 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Pakistani 0.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.35
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.22
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 40%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.9
Local authority average 49.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.34
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award6
Art & DesignTechnical Award9
MultimediaTechnical Award32
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award26
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award26
Art & DesignGCSE31
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE110
ChemistryGCSE60
ChineseGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kennet School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
290
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
259
2nd preference
66
3rd preference
41
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
257
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
300
150
150
Year 8
298
151
147
Year 9
301
147
154
Year 10
300
155
145
Year 11
327
183
144
Year 12
186
86
100
Year 13
143
63
80
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
17.0%
21.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
69.0%
60.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
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%
64.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
21.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
19.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
2.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020