Presdales School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 7 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
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
137985
Address
Hoe Lane, SG12 9NX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1175 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
2.6%
Girls
97.4%
First language not English
7.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.2%
Persistent absence
16.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.9%
Mixed 8.1%
Other White 6%
African 2.5%
Indian 1.3%
Irish 1%
Other 0.9%
Other Asian 0.8%
Unclassified 0.6%
Caribbean 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.58
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 80%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 68%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.8
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.45
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE64
Business Studies:SingleGCSE64
ChemistryGCSE64
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE7
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE177
English LiteratureGCSE177
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE19
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Presdales School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
194
2nd preference
133
3rd preference
89
From another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
167
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
0
181
Year 8
180
0
180
Year 9
178
0
178
Year 10
180
0
180
Year 11
177
0
177
Year 12
145
12
133
Year 13
134
19
115
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
15.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
80.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
4.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
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
90.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
40.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
35.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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