Stanchester Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Oct 16 2019 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Unique reference
- 137080
- Address
- East Stoke, TA14 6UG
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 791 (89% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 53.4%
- Girls
- 46.6%
- First language not English
- 4.7%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 18.2%
- Persistent absence
- 25.8%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 13.5%
White British 89.6%
Other White 3.9%
Mixed 3.1%
Other 1%
Other Asian 0.6%
African 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Unclassified 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.55
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.21
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 11%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 39%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 39
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.37
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Art & Design | GCSE | 37 |
Biology | GCSE | 30 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 53 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 30 |
English Language | GCSE | 134 |
English Literature | GCSE | 131 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 34 |
Geography | GCSE | 25 |
History | GCSE | 63 |
Mathematics | GCSE | 134 |
Admissions
Stanchester Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 173
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 172
- 2nd preference
- 41
- 3rd preference
- 28
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 166
- 2nd preference
- 6
- 3rd preference
- 1
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 26.9 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 173 94 79 |
Year 8 | 167 82 85 |
Year 9 | 162 93 69 |
Year 10 | 137 73 64 |
Year 11 | 152 80 72 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 82.0% 82.7% 86.5% |
Further education | 80.0% 65.1% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 16.6% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 0.1% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 2.0% 4.9% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 9.0% 6.3% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 5.0% 5.3% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 2.0% 0.8% 1.0% |