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
1524 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
47.5%
Girls
52.5%
First language not English
6.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.6%
Persistent absence
22.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.7%
Other White 8.5%
Mixed 3.3%
Indian 1.4%
African 1%
Other Asian 0.9%
Unclassified 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 46%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.7
Local authority average 48
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.53
Local authority average 4.35
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Ancient HistoryGCSE21
Art & DesignGCSE18
BiologyGCSE64
Business Studies:SingleGCSE35
ChemistryGCSE64
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE234
English LiteratureGCSE231
FrenchGCSE24
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Cromwell Community College

Admission Policy
n/a
Total available places
30
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
42
2nd preference
16
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
30
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 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.5
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher29.7
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher29.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Reception, Full-time
30
16
14
Year 1
29
21
8
Year 2
30
15
15
Year 3
30
13
17
Year 4
29
14
15
Year 7
267
117
150
Year 8
260
130
130
Year 9
236
116
120
Year 10
229
127
102
Year 11
236
108
128
Year 12
78
23
55
Year 13
70
24
46
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
86.7%
85.5%
Further education
43.0%
28.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
33.0%
24.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
32.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
2.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
65.0%
61.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
26.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.4%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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