Blenheim High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 1 2019 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
Surrey
Unique reference
137906
Address
Longmead Road, KT19 9BH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1374 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
45.1%
Girls
54.9%
First language not English
10.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.3%
Persistent absence
25.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.4%
Mixed 9.5%
Other White 9%
Other Asian 2.2%
Other 2.2%
African 1.7%
Indian 1.4%
Pakistani 1.1%
Chinese 1%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.7
Local authority average 50.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.34
Local authority average 4.49
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award22
TourismTechnical Award13
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE19
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE17
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
AstronomyGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE78
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Blenheim High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
238
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
222
2nd preference
387
3rd preference
176
From another Local Authority
129
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
199
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
16
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 classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
248
118
130
Year 8
242
90
152
Year 9
239
116
123
Year 10
234
109
125
Year 11
205
97
108
Year 12
122
57
65
Year 13
84
33
51
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
89.1%
85.6%
Further education
36.0%
25.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
44.0%
30.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
6.0%
32.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
3.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.7%
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
65.0%
68.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
27.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.9%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021