Bridgemary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Dec 6 2023 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
Not applicable
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
138437
Address
Wych Lane, Bridgemary, PO13 0JN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
791 (67% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
5.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
38.1%
Persistent absence
28.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.1%
Other White 4.6%
Mixed 2.6%
Caribbean 1.4%
Other 1%
African 0.9%
Other Black 0.6%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.7
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.75
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award17
Art & DesignGCSE18
BiologyGCSE42
Business Studies:SingleGCSE43
ChemistryGCSE41
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE33
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE43
DanceGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE139
English LiteratureGCSE133
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Bridgemary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
151
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
145
2nd preference
51
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
145
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes24.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
82
95
Year 8
149
84
65
Year 9
168
80
88
Year 10
157
87
70
Year 11
140
73
67
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
38.0%
38.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
7.0%
5.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
33.0%
41.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
5.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023