The Gryphon School
Bristol Road, Sherborne, DT9 4EQ
Local ranking7th of 30 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1495
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.7
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.2%
- Entering EBacc
- 33.3%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1
- Cohort Size
- 234
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 42.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 32.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.1
Avg Points/Entry
35.2
Best 3 A-Levels
156
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.2%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 357
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1555
- Boys
- 762 (49%)
- Girls
- 793 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1495 (104% full)
- SEND
- 11.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.5%
- EAL
- 10.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 7.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 95.5
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.9%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.4%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 79.0%
- White Other: 5.2%
- Other: 5.2%
- Asian Indian: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.6%
79.0%
White British
5.2%
White Other
5.2%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138471
- UKPRN
- 10038102
- Establishment No.
- 4512
- Trust
- SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST