Brymore Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 28 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 17 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Somerset
Unique reference
139655
Address
Cannington, TA5 2NB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
343 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
0.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.2%
Persistent absence
23.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
40.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 95.3%
Mixed 2.1%
Other White 1.2%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
African 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.67
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.6
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.53
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE10
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE68
English LanguageGCSE68
English LiteratureGCSE68
GeographyGCSE52
HistoryGCSE15
MathematicsGCSE68
Science: Double AwardGCSE68
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Brymore Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
31
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
70
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
7
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
31
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
71
71
0
Year 8
70
70
0
Year 9
70
70
0
Year 10
71
71
0
Year 11
61
61
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
60.0%
82.7%
86.5%
Further education
58.0%
65.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
16.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
12.0%
4.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
20.0%
6.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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