Bridgemary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Dec 7 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
798 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
6.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.2%
Persistent absence
28.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.1%
Other White 4.9%
Mixed 2.3%
Caribbean 1.1%
African 1.1%
Other Black 1.1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Indian 0.5%
Unclassified 0.3%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 20%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.5
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.63
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award19
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award23
Speech & DramaTechnical Award15
Art & DesignGCSE30
BiologyGCSE63
ChemistryGCSE54
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
DanceGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE148
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bridgemary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
166
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
152
2nd preference
58
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
152
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes24.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
84
65
Year 8
172
87
85
Year 9
168
93
75
Year 10
143
75
68
Year 11
166
82
84
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
57.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
27.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022