Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Apr 25 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Unique reference
- 138483
- Address
- Eaton Road, CW6 0BL
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1193 (96% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 49.5%
- Girls
- 50.5%
- First language not English
- 1.3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 9.5%
- Persistent absence
- 19.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 8.6%
White British 92.5%
Mixed 3.4%
Other White 1.3%
Unclassified 0.7%
Irish 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other 0.3%
African 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.38
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.06
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 33%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 61%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 53.7
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.63
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 11 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 22 |
Biology | GCSE | 73 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 67 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 73 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 18 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 73 |
English Language | GCSE | 206 |
English Literature | GCSE | 205 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 23 |
Admissions
Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 207
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 219
- 2nd preference
- 89
- 3rd preference
- 52
- From another Local Authority
- 48
Offers
- 1st preference
- 201
- 2nd preference
- 5
- 3rd preference
- 1
- To another Local Authority
- 28
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.8 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 207 102 105 |
Year 8 | 205 99 106 |
Year 9 | 207 97 110 |
Year 10 | 193 104 89 |
Year 11 | 201 108 93 |
Year 12 | 86 39 47 |
Year 13 | 94 42 52 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 93.0% 84.3% 86.5% |
Further education | 30.0% 30.5% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 49.0% 36.1% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 13.0% 16.5% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 1.2% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 3.0% 5.4% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 3.4% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 1.0% 5.5% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 1.3% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 74.0% 75.8% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 24.0% 33.5% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 21.0% 27.7% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 1.0% 0.8% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 0.0% 0.8% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 1.0% 2.4% 1.7% |