Desborough College

General Info

Education Phase: Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating: Good May 17 2024 Ofsted report
Gender: Boys
Age range: 11 - 18 y.o.
Type: Academies
Funding: State-funded secondary
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Religious Character: Does not apply
Sixth Form: Has a sixth form
Local authority: Windsor and Maidenhead
Unique reference: 138879
Address: Shoppenhangers Road, SL6 2QB
Website: http://www.desborough.org.uk/

Pupils

Number of Pupils: 728 (75% of total capacity)
Boys: 99.5%
Girls: 0.5%
First language not English: 19.4%
Free school meals (FSM): 14.1%
Persistent absence: 23.1%
Special education needs (SEN): 10.0%

Pupil ethnicities

White British 38%

Pakistani 17.2%

Indian 10.4%

Mixed 9.9%

Other White 9.6%

Unclassified 6.7%

Other 2.5%

African 1.5%

Other Asian 1.2%

Chinese 1%

Bangladeshi 0.8%

Irish 0.5%

Caribbean 0.3%

Irish Traveller 0.1%

Other Black 0.1%

Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school: 0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools: 0.11
England average, state-funded schools: -0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%

Local authority average 41%

England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%

Local authority average 53%

England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49

Local authority average 49.5

England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.34

Local authority average 4.43

England average 4.05

Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

Subject	Qualification	Number of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQ	Other General Qualification (Level 3)	2
Arabic	GCSE	1
Art & Design (Fine Art)	GCSE	26
Biology	GCSE	52
Business Studies:Single	GCSE	105
Chemistry	GCSE	52
Chinese	GCSE	18
Computer Studies/Computing	GCSE	47
Design & Technology	GCSE	53
English Language	GCSE	184

Year 2022-2023

Admissions