Brixham College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
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
Torbay
Unique reference
137755
Address
Higher Ranscombe Road, TQ5 9HF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1068 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
3%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.6%
Persistent absence
39.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.6%
Other White 3.9%
Mixed 3.9%
Other 0.4%
African 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.8
Local authority average 47.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.33
Local authority average 4.07
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award16
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award10
TourismTechnical Award30
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE20
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE38
Art & DesignGCSE43
BiologyGCSE13
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE13
ChineseGCSE1
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Brixham College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
185
2nd preference
99
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes20.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
214
98
116
Year 8
211
119
92
Year 9
197
98
99
Year 10
170
85
85
Year 11
184
81
103
Year 12
52
23
29
Year 13
40
21
19
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
87.5%
85.6%
Further education
54.0%
45.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
29.0%
41.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
6.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
67.0%
60.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
29.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
4.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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