Springfield School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 3 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Portsmouth
Unique reference
144192
Address
Central Road, Drayton, PO6 1QY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1103 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
10.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.9%
Persistent absence
22.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82%
Mixed 4.3%
Other White 3.5%
Indian 2.3%
Other Asian 2.2%
African 1.8%
Bangladeshi 1.6%
Other 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.49
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.46
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 54%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 32%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.7
Local authority average 38.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.58
Local authority average 3.29
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE36
BiologyGCSE76
ChemistryGCSE76
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE48
English LanguageGCSE195
English LiteratureGCSE182
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE28
FrenchGCSE67
GeographyGCSE90
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Springfield School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
228
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
184
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
184
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
10
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
216
103
113
Year 8
207
98
109
Year 9
240
130
110
Year 10
206
103
103
Year 11
234
113
121
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
80.0%
76.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
4.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
2.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
7.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022