Abbey College, Ramsey

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Unique reference
137377
Address
Abbey Road, PE26 1DG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1029 (54% of total capacity)
Boys
47.6%
Girls
52.4%
First language not English
5.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.6%
Persistent absence
21.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.1%
Other White 5.7%
Mixed 4.3%
African 1.6%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other Asian 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Caribbean 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 46.6
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.85
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award12
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award27
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award46
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award20
Art & DesignGCSE20
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE62
ChemistryGCSE62
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE3
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Abbey College, Ramsey

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
196
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
194
2nd preference
76
3rd preference
21
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
188
2nd preference
8
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 classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
200
104
96
Year 8
205
95
110
Year 9
179
86
93
Year 10
191
86
105
Year 11
161
68
93
Year 12
41
26
15
Year 13
52
25
27
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
88.3%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
39.0%
27.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
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
65.0%
67.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
25.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
22.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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