Tor Bridge High

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 16 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Plymouth
Unique reference
137206
Address
Miller Way, Estover, PL6 8UN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1171 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
51.4%
Girls
48.6%
First language not English
4.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.8%
Persistent absence
36.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
30.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.1%
Other White 3.8%
Mixed 2.7%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other 0.9%
Indian 0.6%
African 0.6%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.2
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.08
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award35
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award46
Art & DesignGCSE67
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE198
English LiteratureGCSE186
FrenchGCSE38
GeographyGCSE79
HistoryGCSE49
MathematicsGCSE198
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Tor Bridge High

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
203
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
194
2nd preference
106
3rd preference
74
From another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
191
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
12
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 classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
212
112
100
Year 8
210
114
96
Year 9
205
104
101
Year 10
192
97
95
Year 11
186
100
86
Year 12
105
45
60
Year 13
52
26
26
Year 14
9
4
5
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
28.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
55.0%
51.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
14.0%
7.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
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%
52.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
12.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
9.0%
13.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
5.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
7.0%
2.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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