Trafalgar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 6 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 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
Portsmouth
Unique reference
141875
Address
London Road, Hilsea, PO2 9RJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1024 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
54.4%
Girls
45.6%
First language not English
10.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
36%
Persistent absence
23.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.8%
Mixed 6.3%
Other White 4.5%
African 2.1%
Indian 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Caribbean 1%
Other 1%
Other Asian 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.4
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.46
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 32%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.7
Local authority average 38.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.23
Local authority average 3.29
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award23
TourismTechnical Award9
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award15
Speech & DramaTechnical Award15
Art & DesignGCSE3
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
Business Studies:SingleGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE153
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Trafalgar School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
215
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
240
2nd preference
185
3rd preference
101
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
190
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
6
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
226
118
108
Year 8
225
127
98
Year 9
214
111
103
Year 10
178
100
78
Year 11
181
101
80
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
80.0%
76.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
4.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
7.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022