Gordano School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 1 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
North Somerset
Unique reference
136856
Address
St Mary's Road, Portishead, BS20 7QR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2122 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.9%
Girls
47.1%
First language not English
5.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.2%
Persistent absence
19.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.2%
Other White 5%
Mixed 4.8%
Chinese 1.4%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 53%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 49.7
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.48
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award20
TourismTechnical Award8
Art & DesignGCSE59
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE79
Business Studies:SingleGCSE148
ChemistryGCSE79
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
Design & TechnologyGCSE77
DanceGCSE23
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Gordano School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
329
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
342
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
36
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
329
2nd preference
0
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
333
179
154
Year 8
365
195
170
Year 9
386
201
185
Year 10
329
176
153
Year 11
364
189
175
Year 12
172
88
84
Year 13
173
94
79
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
88.9%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
47.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
64.0%
39.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
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
71.0%
56.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
16.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
32.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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