Dene Magna School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 23 2012 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
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
137387
Address
Abenhall Road, GL17 0DU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1022 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
48.8%
Girls
51.2%
First language not English
1.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.9%
Persistent absence
22.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90%
Other Asian 4.6%
Other White 2.6%
Mixed 2.3%
Indian 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 40%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.5
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.02
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE20
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE45
English LanguageGCSE169
English LiteratureGCSE168
FrenchGCSE45
GeographyGCSE54
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Dene Magna School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
170
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
188
2nd preference
66
3rd preference
23
From another Local Authority
23
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
168
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
9
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
173
101
72
Year 8
175
85
90
Year 9
174
79
95
Year 10
175
86
89
Year 11
169
79
90
Year 12
78
38
40
Year 13
78
31
47
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
85.9%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
24.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
10.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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