The Burgate School and Sixth Form

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Salisbury Road
Fordingbridge
Hampshire
SP6 1EZ
Phone 01425652039
Reference Number 136719

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1072
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55.88%
Girls: 44.12%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 11.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 88 68 156
8 103 86 189
9 102 87 189
10 101 84 185
11 82 64 146
12 60 44 104
13 63 40 103

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 88.7%
White, Other 3.5%
Indian 1.4%
White & Asian 1.1%
Mixed, Other 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
African 0.7%
Irish 0.6%
Asian, Other 0.4%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Unclassified 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2024-12-20
Date Description Report
2024-11-26 School inspection School inspection
2019-05-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2017-01-31 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-01-15 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
2011-11-01 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
Previously as The Burgate School and Sixth Form Centre
2011-02-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-02-09 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-09-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-05-11 Inspection Inspection
2011-02-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-02-09 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-09-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-05-11 Inspection Inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
52.8 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 58.9% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 78.1% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 32.16 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 32.25 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) C+ B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 6.3% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 134 12
Third Preference 37 0
From another Local Authority 247 105

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Fordingbridge Junior School
Pennys Lane, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 1HJ
0.17 miles
Fordingbridge Infant School
Pennys Lane, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 1HJ
0.17 miles
Breamore Church of England Primary School
Salisbury Road, Breamore, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 2EF
1.64 miles
Hyde Church of England Primary School
Hyde, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 2QL
2.13 miles
St James' Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt
Park Lane, Alderholt, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 3AJ
2.58 miles
Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary School
Rockbourne, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 3NA
2.8 miles
Hale Primary School
Hatchett Green, Hale, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 2NE
3.54 miles
Downton CofE VA Primary School
Gravel Close, Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3LZ
4.16 miles
Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School
Morgans Vale Road, Redlynch, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 2HU
4.64 miles
Name Distance
Forres Sandle Manor School
Sandle Manor, Fordingbridge, SP6 1NS
0.94 miles
The Trafalgar School at Downton
Breamore Road, Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3HN
3.93 miles
Moyles Court School
Moyles Court, Ringwood, BH24 3NF
4.28 miles
Aurora Beeches School
Aurora Boveridge College, Cranborne, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5RT
4.94 miles
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