The Arnewood School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Mar 20 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
136652
Address
Gore Road, BH25 6RS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
957 (71% of total capacity)
Boys
51.5%
Girls
48.5%
First language not English
13%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.2%
Persistent absence
32.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.4%
Other White 6.9%
Mixed 4.9%
Other Asian 1.7%
Other 1.5%
African 1.3%
Indian 1.1%
Chinese 0.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.69
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.5
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.61
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award13
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award14
MultimediaTechnical Award16
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE49
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE184
English LiteratureGCSE174
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Arnewood School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
150
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
136
2nd preference
40
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
20
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
136
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes19.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
161
81
80
Year 8
161
81
80
Year 9
160
73
87
Year 10
180
101
79
Year 11
162
82
80
Year 12
79
45
34
Year 13
46
27
19
Year 14
8
3
5
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
50.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
56.0%
60.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
18.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
15.0%
17.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020