Poltair School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 28 2024 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
147442
Address
Trevarthian Road, Trevarthian Road, PL25 4BZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
856 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
5.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.5%
Persistent absence
27.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.7%
Other White 3.4%
Mixed 2.1%
Gypsy/Roma 1.2%
Unclassified 1.1%
Other 0.6%
African 0.5%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 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 27%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.1
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.67
Local authority average 3.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award55
MultimediaTechnical Award37
Speech & DramaTechnical Award22
Sports StudiesTechnical Award48
Art & DesignGCSE52
BiologyGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE47
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE11
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Poltair School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
192
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
182
2nd preference
238
3rd preference
48
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
182
2nd preference
4
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 classes25.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
191
94
97
Year 8
187
101
86
Year 9
157
86
71
Year 10
167
70
97
Year 11
154
72
82
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
82.4%
85.6%
Further education
53.0%
54.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
14.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
23.0%
13.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
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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