Sir James Smith's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 12 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Cornwall
Unique reference
146408
Address
Dark Lane, PL32 9UJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
600 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
1.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.2%
Persistent absence
32.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 95%
Mixed 2.2%
Other White 1.8%
Other 0.5%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.47
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 51%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.5
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.43
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE28
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE107
English LiteratureGCSE106
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE34
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Sir James Smith's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
127
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
129
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
11
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
127
2nd preference
0
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 classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
123
60
63
Year 8
147
77
70
Year 9
116
53
63
Year 10
106
53
53
Year 11
108
58
50
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
82.4%
85.6%
Further education
22.0%
54.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
14.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
59.0%
13.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
10.0%
5.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
7.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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