The Cowplain School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Mar 6 2024 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Unique reference
- 138038
- Address
- Hart Plain Avenue, Cowplain, PO8 8RY
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 995 (87% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.1%
- Girls
- 49.9%
- First language not English
- 2.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 25.5%
- Persistent absence
- 26.1%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 8.8%
White British 92.7%
Mixed 3.6%
Other White 1.2%
Other Asian 0.5%
African 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.48
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.18
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 29%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 30%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 38.6
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.39
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 30 |
Biology | GCSE | 26 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 47 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 24 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 22 |
Dance | GCSE | 12 |
English Language | GCSE | 139 |
English Literature | GCSE | 137 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 21 |
Geography | GCSE | 45 |
Admissions
The Cowplain School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 208
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 198
- 2nd preference
- 75
- 3rd preference
- 42
- From another Local Authority
- 5
Offers
- 1st preference
- 198
- 2nd preference
- 8
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.4 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 219 104 115 |
Year 8 | 204 107 97 |
Year 9 | 205 101 104 |
Year 10 | 185 102 83 |
Year 11 | 182 84 98 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 77.0% 86.2% 86.5% |
Further education | 73.0% 38.9% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 2.0% 7.4% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 1.0% 39.5% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.5% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 9.0% 4.6% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 8.0% 3.5% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 7.0% 5.0% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 0.6% 1.0% |