Winchcombe School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
136764
Address
Greet Road, Winchcombe, GL54 5LB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
528 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
51.5%
Girls
48.5%
First language not English
1.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.8%
Persistent absence
28.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.9%
Unclassified 4.7%
Other White 3.6%
Mixed 2%
Irish 0.9%
Indian 0.6%
Other Asian 0.4%
African 0.4%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 31%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.8
Local authority average 50.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.59
Local authority average 4.39
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE54
English LanguageGCSE95
English LiteratureGCSE94
FrenchGCSE2
GeographyGCSE44
HistoryGCSE45
MathematicsGCSE96
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Winchcombe School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
110
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
103
2nd preference
119
3rd preference
73
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
91
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
114
58
56
Year 8
112
60
52
Year 9
102
56
46
Year 10
104
52
52
Year 11
96
46
50
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
84.1%
85.5%
Further education
38.0%
25.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
38.0%
47.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
8.0%
11.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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