The Purbeck School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wareham, BH20 4PF
- Distance
- 0.0km away
The Purbeck School
Worgret Road, Wareham, BH20 4PF
Secondary
Phase
1650
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 30 April 2022 and continues as The Purbeck School (URN 148737) (opened 1 May 2022). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
GCSE Results
2021-22*Data not available for 2022-23 — showing latest available results
- Average Attainment 8
- 49.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.0%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 19.0%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2
- Cohort Size
- 171
A-Level Results
2021-22*Data not available for 2022-23 — showing latest available results
B
Avg A-Level Grade
40.1
Avg Points/Entry
42.1
Best 3 A-Levels
80
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 26.4%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 179
Pupil Demographics
- Total Pupils
- 1071
- Boys
- 524 (49%)
- Girls
- 547 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1650 (65% full)
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £549/yr
Attendance & Absence
2021-22*Data not available for 2022-23 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.0%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.9%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.5%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Black African: 0.4%
- Other: 0.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
92.5%
White British
3.1%
White Other
1.0%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
Contact & Location
Worgret Road
Wareham, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 113855
- UKPRN
- 10006789
- Establishment No.
- 4024
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