Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Isle of Wight
Unique reference
140845
Address
Crossfield Avenue, PO31 8HB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1256 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
5.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.6%
Persistent absence
29.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.3%
Other White 4.8%
Mixed 3%
Unclassified 2.2%
Other Asian 1.5%
African 0.8%
Indian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 92%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.7
Local authority average 41
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.14
Local authority average 3.47
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award22
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE2
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE9
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE43
BiologyGCSE51
Business Studies:SingleGCSE17
ChemistryGCSE49
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE44
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
199
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
202
2nd preference
49
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
187
2nd preference
11
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
244
122
122
Year 8
208
118
90
Year 9
202
107
95
Year 10
201
105
96
Year 11
253
129
124
Year 12
85
40
45
Year 13
63
30
33
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
87.5%
86.5%
Further education
49.0%
45.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
39.0%
39.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
0.8%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.4%
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
80.0%
54.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
11.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
8.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
3.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020