Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 20 2024 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
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
138746
Address
Watery Lane, GL18 1QF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1115 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
8.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.2%
Persistent absence
30.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81%
Other White 7.1%
Mixed 4.9%
Indian 1.3%
Pakistani 1.2%
Unclassified 1.1%
African 0.9%
Other Asian 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.56
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.2
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.23
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE41
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE13
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE43
BiologyGCSE52
Business Studies:SingleGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE52
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE139
English LiteratureGCSE137
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
212
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
133
2nd preference
51
3rd preference
46
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
132
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
11
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 classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
125
114
Year 8
232
115
117
Year 9
184
96
88
Year 10
187
106
81
Year 11
199
82
117
Year 12
32
15
17
Year 13
42
18
24
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
85.9%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
24.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
10.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
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
53.0%
63.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
3.0%
21.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
9.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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