Church Stretton School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 6 2019 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
Shropshire
Unique reference
139455
Address
Shrewsbury Road, SY6 6EX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
545 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
47.3%
Girls
52.7%
First language not English
3.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.6%
Persistent absence
24.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.5%
Other White 3.1%
Unclassified 1.8%
Mixed 1.7%
Pakistani 1.3%
Irish 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
African 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.3
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.5
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.17
Local authority average 3.79
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award29
Art & DesignGCSE49
BiologyGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE52
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE113
English LiteratureGCSE113
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE20
FrenchGCSE28
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Church Stretton School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
123
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
113
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
31
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
113
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
122
56
66
Year 8
100
49
51
Year 9
108
53
55
Year 10
102
46
56
Year 11
113
54
59
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
81.0%
85.6%
Further education
16.0%
23.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
16.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
69.0%
40.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
6.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.0%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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