The Community College, Bishop's Castle
Brampton Road, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AY
Local ranking6th of 20 secondary schools in Shropshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
604
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.4 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 31.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 102
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 69.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 13.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 526
- Boys
- 262 (50%)
- Girls
- 264 (50%)
- Capacity
- 604 (87% full)
- SEND
- 13.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.3%
- EAL
- 1.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 11.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,208/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.6%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Other: 4.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
- Asian Chinese: 0.4%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
88.6%
White British
4.1%
White Other
4.1%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Brampton Road
Bishops Castle, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 123564
- UKPRN
- 10001581
- Establishment No.
- 4376