Farmor's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 21 2021 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
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
137097
Address
The Park, GL7 4JQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1035 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
3.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
8%
Persistent absence
21.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.6%
Other White 4.1%
Mixed 3.7%
Indian 1.4%
African 1.4%
Unclassified 1.4%
Irish 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.2
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.08
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE50
Business Studies:SingleGCSE75
ChemistryGCSE47
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
English LanguageGCSE173
English LiteratureGCSE166
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE9
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Farmor's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
163
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
196
2nd preference
62
3rd preference
40
From another Local Authority
146
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
45
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 classes19.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
172
91
81
Year 8
165
78
87
Year 9
170
99
71
Year 10
168
82
86
Year 11
163
82
81
Year 12
98
43
55
Year 13
99
46
53
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
85.9%
86.5%
Further education
10.0%
24.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
55.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
26.0%
10.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
63.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
22.0%
21.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
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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