Stratford Upon Avon School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 27 2019 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
Warwickshire
Unique reference
137236
Address
Alcester Road, CV37 9DH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1829 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
47.2%
Girls
52.8%
First language not English
9.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
21%
Persistent absence
22.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.5%
Other White 9.5%
Mixed 6.1%
Indian 1.5%
Unclassified 1.2%
Other Asian 0.9%
Chinese 0.8%
Other 0.8%
African 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48
Local authority average 48.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.25
Local authority average 4.22
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award25
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE67
Business Studies:SingleGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE64
ChineseGCSE2
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Stratford Upon Avon School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
344
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
293
2nd preference
152
3rd preference
139
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
260
2nd preference
43
3rd preference
33
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 classes23.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
338
146
192
Year 8
325
170
155
Year 9
316
171
145
Year 10
315
138
177
Year 11
301
143
158
Year 12
127
59
68
Year 13
107
37
70
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
87.0%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
32.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
44.0%
45.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
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
69.0%
64.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
21.0%
23.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
18.0%
20.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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