Graveney School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Dec 1 2022 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
Wandsworth
Unique reference
137005
Address
Welham Road, Tooting, SW17 9BU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2275 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
16.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.6%
Persistent absence
11.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 34.7%
Other White 13.8%
Mixed 12.6%
Pakistani 9.5%
African 7.8%
Other Asian 5.6%
Caribbean 4.1%
Indian 3.6%
Other 2.7%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other Black 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Chinese 0.7%
Irish 0.6%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.55
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.33
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 82%
Local authority average 62%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 74%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 61.5
Local authority average 50.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.88
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
AstronomyGCSE7
BiologyGCSE124
ChemistryGCSE124
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE33
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
EconomicsGCSE89
English LanguageGCSE277
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Graveney School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
280
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
603
2nd preference
384
3rd preference
309
From another Local Authority
765
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
261
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
82
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
285
144
141
Year 8
284
154
130
Year 9
282
153
129
Year 10
288
157
131
Year 11
280
157
123
Year 12
476
227
249
Year 13
380
176
204
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
93.9%
86.5%
Further education
6.0%
13.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
88.0%
76.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
SP
1.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
2.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.3%
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
84.0%
81.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
38.0%
25.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
35.0%
23.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020