Priory Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 20 2024 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
North Somerset
Unique reference
137300
Address
Queensway, BS22 6BP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1502 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
5.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.8%
Persistent absence
28.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.2%
Other White 6.4%
Mixed 3.7%
African 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Other Asian 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 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
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 44.8
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.67
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE36
Art & DesignGCSE2
BiologyGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE51
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE291
English LiteratureGCSE286
FrenchGCSE33
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Priory Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
284
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
347
2nd preference
132
3rd preference
36
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
282
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 classes24.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
299
156
143
Year 8
300
141
159
Year 9
293
142
151
Year 10
296
147
149
Year 11
314
174
140
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
88.9%
86.5%
Further education
80.0%
47.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
12.0%
39.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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