Welling School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Requires improvement Oct 5 2023 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
- Bexley
- Unique reference
- 136720
- Address
- Elsa Road, DA16 1LB
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1345 (72% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 52.6%
- Girls
- 47.4%
- First language not English
- 9.7%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 25.2%
- Persistent absence
- 42.4%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 10.9%
White British 72.7%
Mixed 12.3%
Other White 3.1%
African 2.8%
Other 1.9%
Other Asian 1.6%
Indian 1.3%
Chinese 1.2%
Caribbean 0.9%
Irish 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.97
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.06
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 16%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 26%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 33.7
Local authority average 49.7
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 2.71
Local authority average 4.41
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Music Studies (General) | Technical Award | 45 |
Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 21 |
Multimedia | Technical Award | 17 |
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 80 |
Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 20 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 21 |
Biology | GCSE | 52 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 46 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 2 |
Admissions
Welling School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 156
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 70
- 2nd preference
- 72
- 3rd preference
- 56
- From another Local Authority
- 59
Offers
- 1st preference
- 70
- 2nd preference
- 19
- 3rd preference
- 5
- To another Local Authority
- 24
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 25.3 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 196 114 82 |
Year 8 | 243 131 112 |
Year 9 | 208 106 102 |
Year 10 | 263 122 141 |
Year 11 | 282 155 127 |
Year 12 | 74 40 34 |
Year 13 | 74 36 38 |
Year 14 | 5 4 1 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 84.0% 90.8% 86.5% |
Further education | 22.0% 18.7% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 47.0% 62.5% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 14.0% 8.7% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.9% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 4.0% 2.6% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 4.0% 2.5% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 8.0% 3.3% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | SP 0.8% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 58.0% 73.5% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 4.0% 28.1% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 2.0% 24.0% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 0.0% 0.9% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 0.0% 0.7% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 2.0% 3.7% 1.7% |
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