Wye School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 22 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
139664
Address
Olantigh Road, TN25 5EJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
598 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
11.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.1%
Persistent absence
22.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.7%
Mixed 6.8%
Other White 6%
African 5.2%
Indian 2%
Other Asian 2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.3
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.13
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE20
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE85
English LiteratureGCSE84
FrenchGCSE1
GeographyGCSE74
HistoryGCSE22
MathematicsGCSE85
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wye School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
116
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
114
2nd preference
168
3rd preference
194
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
98
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
4
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 classes24.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
127
57
70
Year 8
97
58
39
Year 9
95
50
45
Year 10
96
48
48
Year 11
128
58
70
Year 12
23
9
14
Year 13
32
21
11
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
51.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
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
67.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
26.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020