Brannel School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 6 2022 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
Cornwall
Unique reference
145108
Address
Rectory Road, St Stephen, PL26 7RN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
928 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
52.6%
Girls
47.4%
First language not English
1.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.8%
Persistent absence
28.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.9%
Other White 5.4%
Unclassified 4.5%
Mixed 1.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.5
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.39
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award26
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award14
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE41
ChemistryGCSE40
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE156
English LiteratureGCSE156
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE36
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Brannel School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
198
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
196
2nd preference
47
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
193
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
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 classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
202
109
93
Year 8
198
110
88
Year 9
199
107
92
Year 10
169
77
92
Year 11
160
85
75
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
66.0%
82.4%
85.6%
Further education
49.0%
54.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
14.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
16.0%
13.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
14.0%
5.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
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

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