Abbeywood Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 19 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 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
South Gloucestershire
Unique reference
139067
Address
New Road, Stoke Gifford, BS34 8SF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1237 (71% of total capacity)
Boys
55.4%
Girls
44.6%
First language not English
17.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.7%
Persistent absence
20.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 71.3%
Mixed 7.9%
Other White 7.6%
Chinese 4.4%
African 2.1%
Indian 1.8%
Other Asian 1.8%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.6
Local authority average 45.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award41
Health StudiesTechnical Award12
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
ChineseGCSE9
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE54
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Abbeywood Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
235
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
268
2nd preference
190
3rd preference
120
From another Local Authority
44
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
212
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes16.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
136
104
Year 8
240
121
119
Year 9
212
121
91
Year 10
191
110
81
Year 11
204
111
93
Year 12
84
47
37
Year 13
66
39
27
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
83.0%
86.5%
Further education
53.0%
34.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
33.0%
37.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
11.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
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
54.0%
48.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
5.0%
7.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
8.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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