Sexey's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Somerset
Unique reference
137313
Address
Cole Road, BA10 0DF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
685 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
47.3%
Girls
52.7%
First language not English
6%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.6%
Persistent absence
28.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.6%
Other White 6.1%
Mixed 5.2%
African 2.9%
Unclassified 1.3%
Caribbean 0.9%
Chinese 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 88%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.1
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.98
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE49
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE9
Design & TechnologyGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE112
English LiteratureGCSE109
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sexey's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
64
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
111
2nd preference
35
3rd preference
7
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
64
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
111
47
64
Year 8
107
53
54
Year 9
109
55
54
Year 10
111
50
61
Year 11
108
51
57
Year 12
82
37
45
Year 13
57
31
26
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
82.7%
86.5%
Further education
32.0%
65.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
16.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
7.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
6.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
0.8%
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
80.0%
47.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
34.0%
13.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
45.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
5.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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