The Cornerstone Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Poole, BH15 4BQ
- Distance
- 11.7km away
The Swanage School
High Street, Swanage, BH19 2PH
Local ranking17th of 29 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
360
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 36.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 20.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 37.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 7.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 69
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 339
- Boys
- 164 (48%)
- Girls
- 175 (52%)
- Capacity
- 360 (94% full)
- SEND
- 29.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.0%
- EAL
- 10.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.4%
- SEN Support
- 22.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,162/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.3%
- White Other: 6.1%
- Asian Indian: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
85.3%
White British
6.1%
White Other
3.4%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
High Street
Swanage, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 139376
- UKPRN
- 10041663
- Establishment No.
- 4001
- Trust
- EDUCATION SWANAGE LIMITED
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