The Emmbrook School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wokingham
Unique reference
148453
Address
Emmbrook Road, RG41 1JP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1275 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
56.3%
Girls
43.7%
First language not English
21.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.1%
Persistent absence
17.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 60.3%
Mixed 11.1%
Other White 8.5%
Indian 5.9%
Chinese 4.2%
African 2.5%
Other 2.2%
Pakistani 1.8%
Other Asian 1.3%
Unclassified 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.35
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.38
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.9
Local authority average 52.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.74
Local authority average 4.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award24
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE96
ChemistryGCSE31
ChineseGCSE9
Classical CivilisationGCSE15
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE47
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Emmbrook School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
235
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
177
2nd preference
268
3rd preference
233
From another Local Authority
26
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
15
To another Local Authority
3
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
254
140
114
Year 8
236
128
108
Year 9
239
124
115
Year 10
210
131
79
Year 11
212
124
88
Year 12
69
40
29
Year 13
55
31
24
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
90.6%
86.5%
Further education
24.0%
21.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
49.0%
54.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
12.0%
13.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
2.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
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
61.0%
74.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
23.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
24.0%
23.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020