Sir William Romney's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 26 2020 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
136985
Address
Lowfield Road, GL8 8AE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
509 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
3.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.6%
Persistent absence
24.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.8%
Mixed 3.8%
Other White 2.6%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other 0.6%
Indian 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.32
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.5
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.48
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award13
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award38
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE55
BiologyGCSE10
ChemistryGCSE10
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE100
English LiteratureGCSE96
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE18
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sir William Romney's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
105
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
83
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
31
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
83
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
5
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 classes19.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
110
54
56
Year 8
101
54
47
Year 9
100
52
48
Year 10
98
46
52
Year 11
100
50
50
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
85.9%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
24.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
5.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
58.0%
10.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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