Brockhill Park Performing Arts College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 12 2021 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
Kent
Unique reference
137458
Address
Sandling Road, Saltwood, CT21 4HL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1348 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
4%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.9%
Persistent absence
33.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.3%
Other White 5.8%
Mixed 3.9%
Other Asian 1.2%
Unclassified 1.1%
Other 0.8%
African 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.4
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.4
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.22
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award25
Music Studies (General)Technical Award31
Sports StudiesTechnical Award51
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award15
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award32
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
Art & DesignGCSE56
BiologyGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE57
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE221
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Brockhill Park Performing Arts College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
234
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
247
2nd preference
238
3rd preference
162
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
198
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
3
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
241
107
134
Year 8
249
126
123
Year 9
235
118
117
Year 10
230
125
105
Year 11
223
116
107
Year 12
81
35
46
Year 13
89
41
48
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
44.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
4.8%
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
57.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
2.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
2.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020