Roundwood Park School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 28 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
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
136973
Address
Roundwood Park, AL5 3AE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1370 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
53.2%
Girls
46.8%
First language not English
7%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.7%
Persistent absence
16.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.7%
Mixed 7.4%
Other White 4.7%
Indian 2.8%
African 2%
Pakistani 1.8%
Other Asian 1.4%
Chinese 1.4%
Other 1.4%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Unclassified 0.7%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.54
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 76%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.8
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.37
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE111
Business Studies:SingleGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE110
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Roundwood Park School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
193
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
217
2nd preference
118
3rd preference
196
From another Local Authority
41
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
175
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
207
108
99
Year 8
210
118
92
Year 9
196
107
89
Year 10
195
91
104
Year 11
196
103
93
Year 12
199
114
85
Year 13
167
88
79
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
17.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
77.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
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
86.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
45.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
40.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
5.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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