The Sir John Colfox Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bridport, DT6 3DT
- Distance
- 7.5km away
Beaminster School
Newtown, Beaminster, DT8 3EP
Local ranking11th of 29 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
760
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 47.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 51.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 117
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 22.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 53.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
25.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
24.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
39
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 76
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 679
- Boys
- 338 (50%)
- Girls
- 341 (50%)
- Capacity
- 760 (89% full)
- SEND
- 23.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.4%
- EAL
- 3.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.2%
- SEN Support
- 18.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,758/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Christian
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 92.0%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Asian Other: 1.2%
- White Irish: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.3%
92.0%
White British
2.3%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Newtown
Beaminster, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 113884
- UKPRN
- 10000594
- Establishment No.
- 4505
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