The Commonweal School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 14 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Swindon
Unique reference
137190
Address
The Mall, Old Town, SN1 4JE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1398 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
44.6%
Girls
55.4%
First language not English
20.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.4%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 62.7%
Other White 9.1%
Indian 7.2%
Mixed 6.9%
Other Asian 3.3%
Unclassified 2.9%
African 2.8%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Other 0.9%
Pakistani 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
Other Black 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.07
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.2
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.04
Local authority average 3.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)10
Art & DesignGCSE2
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE42
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE150
Business Studies:SingleGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE150
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE45
DanceGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE221
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Commonweal School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
222
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
289
2nd preference
202
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
219
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes21.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
228
105
123
Year 8
210
82
128
Year 9
233
114
119
Year 10
215
90
125
Year 11
214
90
124
Year 12
147
71
76
Year 13
151
71
80
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
85.5%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
47.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
42.0%
20.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
11.0%
17.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.4%
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
59.0%
48.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
8.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
16.0%
7.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
5.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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