Priestlands School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 22 2023 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
Hampshire
Unique reference
137129
Address
North Street, Pennington, SO41 8FZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1232 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
5.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.5%
Persistent absence
22.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.1%
Other White 6%
Mixed 4.4%
Indian 0.7%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
African 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Other 0.2%
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
0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 49.9
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.4
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE14
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE55
Business Studies:SingleGCSE105
ChemistryGCSE55
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE59
Design & TechnologyGCSE47
English LanguageGCSE246
English LiteratureGCSE240
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Priestlands School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
257
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
284
2nd preference
56
3rd preference
23
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
254
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
246
140
106
Year 8
248
131
117
Year 9
241
127
114
Year 10
242
136
106
Year 11
255
117
138
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
60.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
27.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022