Cams Hill School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 23 2019 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
137538
Address
Shearwater Avenue, PO16 8AH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1253 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
4.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.5%
Persistent absence
19.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87%
Mixed 4.8%
Other White 2.2%
Indian 1.5%
African 1%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Other 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.34
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.9
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.29
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award32
MultimediaTechnical Award37
Ancient HistoryGCSE1
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE15
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE53
Business Studies:SingleGCSE40
ChemistryGCSE50
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE12
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cams Hill School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
262
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
294
2nd preference
163
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
38
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
261
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes24
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
268
138
130
Year 8
248
129
119
Year 9
233
109
124
Year 10
247
128
119
Year 11
257
125
132
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
39.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022