Callington Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 10 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cornwall
Unique reference
143649
Address
Launceston Road, PL17 7DR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
890 (60% of total capacity)
Boys
48.1%
Girls
51.9%
First language not English
2.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.4%
Persistent absence
29.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.4%
Other White 3.6%
Mixed 3.3%
Unclassified 1.2%
Other 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
African 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
-0.29
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 30%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.49
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award20
Music Studies (General)Technical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award22
TourismTechnical Award11
Art & DesignGCSE35
BiologyGCSE37
Business Studies:SingleGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE36
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Callington Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
150
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
150
2nd preference
114
3rd preference
39
From another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
150
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes24.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
188
88
100
Year 8
167
76
91
Year 9
154
67
87
Year 10
142
84
58
Year 11
156
85
71
Year 12
42
16
26
Year 13
41
12
29
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
55.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
24.0%
17.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
26.0%
9.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
5.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
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
63.0%
51.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
14.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
3.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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