The Cornerstone Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 19 2022 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
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Unique reference
139258
Address
Blandford Close, Hamworthy, BH15 4BQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
668 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
16.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.2%
Persistent absence
37.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.4%
Other White 8.2%
Mixed 3.7%
African 3.7%
Other 1.8%
Indian 1.3%
Other Asian 1.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.1
Local authority average 50.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.63
Local authority average 4.43
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award10
Art & DesignGCSE14
BiologyGCSE3
ChemistryGCSE3
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE68
English LiteratureGCSE68
FrenchGCSE21
GeographyGCSE36
Modern GreekGCSE2
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Cornerstone Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
115
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
111
2nd preference
31
3rd preference
15
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
111
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
155
78
77
Year 8
155
80
75
Year 9
126
70
56
Year 10
111
66
45
Year 11
121
64
57
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
86.6%
86.5%
Further education
61.0%
35.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
11.0%
49.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
11.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
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

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