Ousedale School

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-19
Religion Unknown
Address The Grove
Newport Pagnell
Buckinghamshire
MK16 0BJ
Phone 01908210203
Reference Number 137052

Description

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Ousedale School is an academy located in Newport Pagnell and Olney in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Founded in 1963, it serves a diverse student community, catering to students from ages 11 to 19 and boasting a roll of approximately 2,070 students, including a 420-student Sixth Form. The school's facilities span across two campuses - the Newport Pagnell campus accommodates 1,500 students from years 7 to 18, and the Olney campus for years 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.

The learning environment is marked by academic rigor, and the school has earned notable distinctions in subjects like mathematics, receiving the best GCSE Maths results in its local authority and consistently receiving excellent Ofsted reports. The school cultivates a strong ethos, emphasizing high expectations, resilience, and personal development, demonstrated by numerous national awards for academic progress and attainment.

The school's curriculum encompasses a wide array of subjects including the humanities, math, sciences, technology, and arts, with significant emphasis on music education. Extra-curricular activities are a key part of the school's offerings, including sporting events and enrichment programs.

Ousedale offers an inclusive learning environment where students are given opportunities to succeed, regardless of their background. Headteacher Andy Burton and the team of committed educators are dedicated to ensuring every student's success.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 2273
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.85%
Girls: 50.15%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 192 192 384
8 180 182 362
9 182 178 360
10 182 180 362
11 180 188 368
12 108 122 230
13 109 98 207

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 77%
White, Other 5.9%
African 4.3%
White & Asian 2.3%
Unclassified 2.1%
Chinese 1.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
Mixed, Other 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2020-01-28
Date Description Report
2020-01-07 School inspection School inspection
2016-05-10 Short inspection Short inspection
2012-05-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Ousedale School
2008-10-15 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-11-15 Full inspection Full inspection
2008-10-15 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-11-15 Full inspection Full 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)
49.2 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 49% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 67% 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 32.95 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 34.44 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ C C+
Average Grade (best 3) C+ C C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 14.2% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 71 4
Third Preference 57 1
From another Local Authority 14 0

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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