Wadebridge School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 10 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Cornwall
Unique reference
138024
Address
Gonvena Hill, PL27 6BU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1073 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
2.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.1%
Persistent absence
31.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85%
Other White 8.6%
Unclassified 2.9%
Mixed 2.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.1
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.83
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award14
Art & DesignGCSE47
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE29
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
English LanguageGCSE200
English LiteratureGCSE198
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wadebridge School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
207
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
205
2nd preference
126
3rd preference
24
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
202
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
213
107
106
Year 8
211
93
118
Year 9
219
115
104
Year 10
216
109
107
Year 11
214
102
112
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
55.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
SP
17.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
48.0%
9.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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