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
- Website
- www.abbeywoodschool.com
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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 41 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 12 |
Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 12 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 27 |
Biology | GCSE | 26 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 26 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 26 |
Chinese | GCSE | 9 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 27 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 54 |
Admissions
Abbeywood Community School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 235
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 268
- 2nd preference
- 190
- 3rd preference
- 120
- From another Local Authority
- 44
Offers
- 1st preference
- 212
- 2nd preference
- 17
- 3rd preference
- 6
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 16.4 |
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 |
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% |
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% |