Bishop Perowne CofE College

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
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Worcestershire
Unique reference
138107
Address
Merriman's Hill Road, WR3 8LE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1113 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
49.1%
Girls
50.9%
First language not English
16.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.9%
Persistent absence
30.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.9%
Other White 9.3%
Mixed 5.5%
Pakistani 4.9%
African 2.2%
Other Asian 1.4%
Other Black 1.4%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other 1.2%
Indian 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.5
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.75
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE54
BiologyGCSE34
Business Studies:SingleGCSE35
ChemistryGCSE34
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE166
English LiteratureGCSE166
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bishop Perowne CofE College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
273
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
196
2nd preference
147
3rd preference
35
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
196
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
8
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 classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
248
120
128
Year 8
229
114
115
Year 9
234
118
116
Year 10
217
106
111
Year 11
185
89
96
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
32.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
35.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
42.0%
16.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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