Bishop Barrington Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- No rating
- 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
- County Durham
- Unique reference
- 148706
- Address
- Woodhouse Lane, DL14 6LA
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 625 (76% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 46.2%
- Girls
- 53.8%
- First language not English
- 2.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 49.3%
- Persistent absence
- 41.5%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 16.0%
White British 93.4%
Mixed 1.9%
Other 1.1%
Gypsy/Roma 1%
Other White 0.8%
African 0.6%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.52
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.19
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 9%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 32%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 43.7
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.36
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 130 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 31 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 14 |
Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 21 |
Biology | GCSE | 19 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 19 |
English Language | GCSE | 133 |
English Literature | GCSE | 133 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 34 |
Geography | GCSE | 79 |
Admissions
Bishop Barrington Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 122
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 120
- 2nd preference
- 133
- 3rd preference
- 62
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 120
- 2nd preference
- 1
- 3rd preference
- 1
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.9 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 90 45 45 |
Year 8 | 153 74 79 |
Year 9 | 99 58 41 |
Year 10 | 143 58 85 |
Year 11 | 140 54 86 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 75.0% 81.3% 86.5% |
Further education | 55.0% 42.1% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 16.0% 34.7% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 1.0% 3.7% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 3.0% 0.8% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 5.0% 5.1% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 9.0% 6.1% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 11.0% 7.1% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 0.5% 1.0% |