Cromwell Community College

General Info

Education Phase
All-through
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 13 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4 - 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
Cambridgeshire
Unique reference
138177
Address
Wenny Road, PE16 6UU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1476 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
47.8%
Girls
52.2%
First language not English
5.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.3%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.8%
Other White 7.2%
Mixed 3.3%
Indian 1.2%
African 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Other 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
-0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.7
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.5
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Ancient HistoryGCSE19
Art & DesignGCSE18
BiologyGCSE79
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE79
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE32
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE238
English LiteratureGCSE231
FrenchGCSE14
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cromwell Community College

Admission Policy
n/a
Total available places
31
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
41
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
6
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
31
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
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 classes22.8
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher28.7
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher29
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Reception, Full-time
30
21
9
Year 1
28
15
13
Year 2
29
12
17
Year 3
29
14
15
Year 7
270
132
138
Year 8
238
118
120
Year 9
230
121
109
Year 10
238
108
130
Year 11
243
116
127
Year 12
77
27
50
Year 13
64
22
42
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
88.3%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
27.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
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
60.0%
67.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
25.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
22.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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