Casterton College Rutland

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 26 2023 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
Not applicable
Local authority
Rutland
Unique reference
137340
Address
Ryhall Road, Great Casterton, PE9 4AT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
872 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
3.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.3%
Persistent absence
19.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.4%
Other White 6.3%
Mixed 3.2%
Unclassified 0.9%
African 0.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Other Asian 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 65%
Local authority average 46%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.7
Local authority average 50.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.5
Local authority average 4.51
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award33
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award48
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE67
ChemistryGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE46
DanceGCSE1
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Casterton College Rutland

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
178
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
152
2nd preference
131
3rd preference
74
From another Local Authority
198
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
144
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
107
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
147
78
69
Year 8
168
81
87
Year 9
176
83
93
Year 10
187
90
97
Year 11
194
99
95
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
84.6%
85.5%
Further education
58.0%
41.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
26.0%
40.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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