Bradon Forest School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 28 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
Wiltshire
Unique reference
142316
Address
The Peak, Purton, SN5 4AT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
916 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
53.8%
Girls
46.2%
First language not English
6.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.7%
Persistent absence
23.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.4%
Other White 5.7%
Mixed 5.6%
African 4.4%
Indian 1.5%
Other Asian 1%
Other 0.9%
Other Black 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 43%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 49.6
Local authority average 46.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.44
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award17
Art & DesignGCSE59
BiologyGCSE56
Business Studies:SingleGCSE73
ChemistryGCSE56
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE202
English LiteratureGCSE202
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE31
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bradon Forest School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
185
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
163
2nd preference
153
3rd preference
99
From another Local Authority
287
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
163
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
107
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 classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
198
104
94
Year 8
218
121
97
Year 9
178
92
86
Year 10
134
79
55
Year 11
186
97
89
Year 13
2
0
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
32.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
47.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
59.0%
6.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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