Downend School
Westerleigh Road, Downend, Bristol, BS16 6XA
Local ranking3rd of 17 secondary schools in South Gloucestershire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1425
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 51.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 53.6%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.5%
- Entering EBacc
- 34.8%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6
- Cohort Size
- 233
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 51.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 31.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
31.8
Avg Points/Entry
35.1
Best 3 A-Levels
97
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 21.3%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 178
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1429
- Boys
- 714 (50%)
- Girls
- 715 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1425 (100% full)
- SEND
- 12.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.3%
- EAL
- 8.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 8.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,541/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.4%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 76.6%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Other: 4.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.5%
- Black Caribbean: 2.5%
- Asian Chinese: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Asian Indian: 1.7%
76.6%
White British
4.6%
White Other
4.6%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139345
- UKPRN
- 10040624
- Establishment No.
- 4148
- Trust
- CASTLE SCHOOL EDUCATION TRUST