Whitstone

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 26 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Somerset
Unique reference
137192
Address
Charlton Road, BA4 5PF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
584 (71% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
14.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.7%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.3%
Other White 14.7%
Mixed 1.8%
Other Asian 0.9%
African 0.9%
Chinese 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.3
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.9
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.73
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award37
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award14
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award5
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Speech & DramaTechnical Award4
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
English LanguageGCSE98
English LiteratureGCSE98
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Whitstone

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
112
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
107
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
6
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
107
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
134
53
81
Year 8
120
62
58
Year 9
117
62
55
Year 10
115
54
61
Year 11
98
53
45
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
82.7%
86.5%
Further education
73.0%
65.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
16.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
6.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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