Waddesdon Church of England School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Dec 7 2021 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
Buckinghamshire
Unique reference
137355
Address
Baker Street, Waddesdon, HP18 0LQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1007 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
48.8%
Girls
51.2%
First language not English
9.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.7%
Persistent absence
19.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.8%
Mixed 5.8%
Other White 5.2%
African 5.2%
Pakistani 3.4%
Indian 1.3%
Other Asian 1.3%
Unclassified 0.8%
Caribbean 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Other 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.78
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.8
Local authority average 54.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.63
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE32
Art & DesignGCSE35
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE43
ChemistryGCSE29
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE136
English LiteratureGCSE133
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Waddesdon Church of England School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
132
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
190
2nd preference
136
3rd preference
125
From another Local Authority
37
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
120
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
143
66
77
Year 8
145
70
75
Year 9
146
70
76
Year 10
145
76
69
Year 11
140
72
68
Year 12
151
68
83
Year 13
137
69
68
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
22.0%
20.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
66.0%
66.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
2.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
68.0%
76.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
39.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
15.0%
35.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
2.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020