Wrenn School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Dec 14 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Unique reference
- 139961
- Address
- London Road, NN8 2DQ
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1446 (83% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.1%
- Girls
- 48.9%
- First language not English
- 27.7%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 27.9%
- Persistent absence
- 31.3%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 13.8%
White British 51.5%
Other White 20.7%
Mixed 8.2%
African 6.1%
Other Black 3.4%
Indian 3%
Caribbean 1.9%
Other Asian 1.6%
Pakistani 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.06
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.04
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 15%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 28%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 40.3
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.37
Local authority average 3.9
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 65 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 56 |
Multimedia | Technical Award | 69 |
Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 10 |
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 20 |
Mathematics (Further) | AS level | 1 |
Mathematics | AS level | 1 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 42 |
Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 15 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 8 |
Admissions
Wrenn School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 254
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 213
- 2nd preference
- 193
- 3rd preference
- 85
- From another Local Authority
- 4
Offers
- 1st preference
- 211
- 2nd preference
- 39
- 3rd preference
- 4
- To another Local Authority
- 2
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.3 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 271 140 131 |
Year 8 | 262 114 148 |
Year 9 | 254 146 108 |
Year 10 | 251 141 110 |
Year 11 | 259 132 127 |
Year 12 | 80 37 43 |
Year 13 | 69 29 40 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 84.0% 84.0% 85.6% |
Further education | 43.0% 40.5% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 40.0% 42.9% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 0.2% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.4% 0.5% |
Entering employment | 6.0% 4.8% 4.1% |
Entering apprenticeships | 2.0% 3.6% 3.2% |
Not in education or employment | 8.0% 6.6% 5.9% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 1.0% 1.2% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 85.0% 72.5% 65.5% |
Top third higher education institutions | 33.0% 26.0% 23.8% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 0.0% 1.3% 2.5% |
Higher apprenticeships | 0.0% 2.6% 2.2% |