Liskeard School and Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 27 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 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
Cornwall
Unique reference
144291
Address
Luxstowe, PL14 3EA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1175 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
1.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.7%
Persistent absence
34.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.9%
Mixed 2.2%
Other White 1.4%
African 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.07
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 17%
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 40.9
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.46
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award31
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE23
Art & DesignGCSE27
AstronomyGCSE11
BiologyGCSE41
Business Studies:SingleGCSE43
ChemistryGCSE40
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE188
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Liskeard School and Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
201
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
196
2nd preference
54
3rd preference
18
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
196
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
1
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 classes18.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
218
118
100
Year 8
215
119
96
Year 9
215
109
106
Year 10
212
102
110
Year 11
205
116
89
Year 12
61
29
32
Year 13
49
20
29
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
82.4%
85.6%
Further education
24.0%
54.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
32.0%
14.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
23.0%
13.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
52.0%
55.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
19.7%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
3.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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