Crofton School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
149621
Address
Marks Road, Stubbington, PO14 2AT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1103 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
3.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.8%
Persistent absence
19.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.6%
Mixed 3.9%
Other White 3.6%
African 1.4%
Other Asian 1.3%
Indian 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.2
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.97
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)21
Art & DesignGCSE40
BiologyGCSE35
ChemistryGCSE34
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE61
Design & TechnologyGCSE57
DanceGCSE6
English LanguageGCSE206
English LiteratureGCSE195
FrenchGCSE57
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Crofton School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
213
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
227
2nd preference
140
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
210
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
231
121
110
Year 8
223
112
111
Year 9
224
108
116
Year 10
215
109
106
Year 11
210
99
111
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
40.0%
38.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
8.0%
5.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
39.0%
41.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023