King Arthur's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 30 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
Somerset
Unique reference
147016
Address
West Hill, BA9 9BX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
468 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
5.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.6%
Persistent absence
31.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.9%
Other White 4.9%
Mixed 3.1%
Indian 0.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
African 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.59
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.8
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.08
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award31
TourismTechnical Award26
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE28
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE8
ChemistryGCSE8
English LanguageGCSE76
English LiteratureGCSE74
FrenchGCSE14
GeographyGCSE62
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

King Arthur's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
95
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
87
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
7
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
87
2nd preference
7
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
101
57
44
Year 8
116
63
53
Year 9
94
51
43
Year 10
77
36
41
Year 11
80
40
40
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
67.0%
80.7%
85.6%
Further education
63.0%
47.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
4.0%
16.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
15.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
10.0%
6.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
14.0%
5.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
6.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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