Bacon's College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Southwark
Unique reference
145313
Address
Timber Pond Road, SE16 6AT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1026 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
55.5%
Girls
44.5%
First language not English
42.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.9%
Persistent absence
28.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 23.6%
African 22.6%
Mixed 11.9%
Other White 9.1%
Caribbean 7.6%
Other 7.5%
Other Black 5.8%
Unclassified 5.5%
Chinese 2%
Bangladeshi 1.6%
Other Asian 1.2%
Indian 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.38
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 70%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.2
Local authority average 51.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.18
Local authority average 4.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award35
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award8
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE18
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE8
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE8
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE19
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Bacon's College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
185
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
175
2nd preference
110
3rd preference
88
From another Local Authority
106
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
162
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
31
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 classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
193
102
91
Year 8
183
102
81
Year 9
180
99
81
Year 10
178
107
71
Year 11
162
93
69
Year 12
62
29
33
Year 13
68
37
31
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
91.8%
85.6%
Further education
27.0%
20.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
54.0%
60.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
7.0%
9.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
0.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
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
86.0%
85.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
40.4%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021