Patchway Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Feb 16 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
South Gloucestershire
Unique reference
145124
Address
Hempton Lane, BS32 4AJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
924 (70% of total capacity)
Boys
51.9%
Girls
48.1%
First language not English
21.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.1%
Persistent absence
43.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 61.9%
Other White 11.4%
Mixed 5.7%
African 5.5%
Unclassified 5.3%
Indian 2.7%
Other Asian 2.1%
Chinese 2.1%
Other 1.3%
Other Black 0.8%
Caribbean 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.52
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35
Local authority average 45.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.04
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award28
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award8
Sports StudiesTechnical Award29
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)7
MathematicsAS level1
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE18
ChemistryGCSE18
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Patchway Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
179
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
82
2nd preference
42
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
82
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
11
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 classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
176
89
87
Year 8
128
55
73
Year 9
174
84
90
Year 10
169
82
87
Year 11
163
83
80
Year 12
82
57
25
Year 13
32
30
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
80.6%
85.6%
Further education
66.0%
33.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
11.0%
34.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
11.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
10.0%
6.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
6.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
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
43.0%
52.7%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
14.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
10.0%
2.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.6%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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