Preston School Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 10 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Somerset
Unique reference
136894
Address
Monks Dale, BA21 3JD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
983 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
17%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.1%
Persistent absence
24.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78%
Other White 10.5%
Mixed 3.2%
Indian 2.6%
Other Asian 2.1%
African 1.7%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 4%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.81
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award41
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award29
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE44
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE4
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE24
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE178
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Preston School Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
204
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
219
2nd preference
161
3rd preference
38
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
195
2nd preference
9
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 classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
211
130
81
Year 8
212
104
108
Year 9
193
91
102
Year 10
162
90
72
Year 11
205
98
107
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
82.7%
86.5%
Further education
70.0%
65.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
17.0%
16.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
6.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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