Coombe Girls' School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 1 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kingston upon Thames
Unique reference
137848
Address
Clarence Avenue, KT3 3TU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1559 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
8.8%
Girls
91.2%
First language not English
40.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.6%
Persistent absence
21.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 35.9%
Mixed 12.5%
Other Asian 11.4%
Other 10.5%
Other White 9.6%
Pakistani 7.6%
Indian 3.3%
Chinese 3.1%
Unclassified 2.1%
African 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.52
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.58
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 67%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 67%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.1
Local authority average 58.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.98
Local authority average 5.42
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)31
ArabicGCSE6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
BiologyGCSE87
Business Studies:SingleGCSE71
ChemistryGCSE86
ChineseGCSE5
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE55
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Coombe Girls' School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
251
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
223
2nd preference
172
3rd preference
200
From another Local Authority
300
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
183
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
19
To another Local Authority
40
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
0
240
Year 8
246
0
246
Year 9
240
0
240
Year 10
243
0
243
Year 11
243
0
243
Year 12
170
73
97
Year 13
177
64
113
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
94.7%
86.5%
Further education
8.0%
13.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
71.0%
69.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
14.0%
9.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
2.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
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
91.0%
65.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
44.0%
24.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
41.0%
22.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
2.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020