The Grange School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 1 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Unique reference
141378
Address
Redvers Road, BH23 3AU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
446 (49% of total capacity)
Boys
54.3%
Girls
45.7%
First language not English
14.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
38.6%
Persistent absence
46.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.1%
Other White 7%
Mixed 4.5%
African 4%
Unclassified 1.6%
Other Asian 1.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Caribbean 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.3
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.9
Local authority average 50.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.33
Local authority average 4.43
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award8
MultimediaTechnical Award12
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE20
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE10
Design & TechnologyGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE75
English LiteratureGCSE75
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE7
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Grange School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
91
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
66
2nd preference
48
3rd preference
53
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
66
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
2
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 classes19.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
97
59
38
Year 8
84
31
53
Year 9
74
39
35
Year 10
79
37
42
Year 11
77
41
36
Year 12
21
21
0
Year 13
14
14
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
65.0%
85.2%
85.6%
Further education
58.0%
39.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
5.0%
44.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
15.0%
5.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
11.0%
3.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
4.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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