St Laurence School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 7 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England/Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wiltshire
Unique reference
137057
Address
Ashley Road, BA15 1DZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1374 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
4.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.9%
Persistent absence
16.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.6%
Unclassified 15.1%
Other White 3.3%
Mixed 3.3%
African 0.9%
Chinese 0.7%
Other 0.6%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.6
Local authority average 46.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.6
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE48
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
BiologyGCSE68
Business Studies:SingleGCSE112
ChemistryGCSE68
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
DanceGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE226
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Laurence School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
213
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
205
2nd preference
52
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
205
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
213
112
101
Year 8
216
113
103
Year 9
228
105
123
Year 10
222
106
116
Year 11
227
110
117
Year 12
138
63
75
Year 13
130
70
60
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
32.0%
32.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
60.0%
47.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
6.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
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
85.0%
65.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
40.0%
23.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
38.0%
22.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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