Budmouth Academy Weymouth

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 19 2024 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
Dorset
Unique reference
147443
Address
Chickerell Road, DT4 9SY
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1506 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
48.1%
Girls
51.9%
First language not English
5.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.3%
Persistent absence
22.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.8%
Other White 5.3%
Mixed 2.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
African 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.55
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.2
Local authority average 44.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.87
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award26
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE64
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE61
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Design & TechnologyGCSE63
DanceGCSE16
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Budmouth Academy Weymouth

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
244
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
249
2nd preference
138
3rd preference
13
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
244
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 classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
257
126
131
Year 8
255
121
134
Year 9
262
128
134
Year 10
243
114
129
Year 11
252
123
129
Year 12
121
62
59
Year 13
111
47
64
Year 14
5
3
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
86.0%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
35.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
52.0%
49.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
62.0%
59.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
19.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
18.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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