Churchill Academy & Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 14 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
North Somerset
Unique reference
137000
Address
Churchill Green, Churchill, BS25 5QN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1589 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
4%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.8%
Persistent absence
23.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.9%
Other White 4.1%
Mixed 3.2%
Unclassified 1.7%
African 0.9%
Chinese 0.9%
Indian 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Other Asian 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
0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 49.3
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.21
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award18
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award15
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Speech & DramaTechnical Award29
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE55
BiologyGCSE49
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE49
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE41
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Churchill Academy & Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
248
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
239
2nd preference
72
3rd preference
47
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
239
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
3
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
259
137
122
Year 8
269
136
133
Year 9
263
122
141
Year 10
269
139
130
Year 11
263
136
127
Year 12
145
74
71
Year 13
121
57
64
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
88.9%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
47.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
59.0%
39.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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
69.0%
56.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
16.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
24.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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