Shipston High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Warwickshire
Unique reference
138767
Address
Darlingscote Road, CV36 4DY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
600 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.5%
Girls
50.5%
First language not English
4.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.2%
Persistent absence
29.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89%
Other White 3.2%
Mixed 2.9%
Unclassified 2%
Other Asian 0.8%
African 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.9
Local authority average 47.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.75
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award6
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE116
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Shipston High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
86
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
59
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
27
From another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
59
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
6
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 classes25
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
122
63
59
Year 8
120
51
69
Year 9
122
68
54
Year 10
117
56
61
Year 11
119
59
60
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
86.2%
85.5%
Further education
51.0%
33.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
26.0%
44.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
9.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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