Warden Park Secondary Academy

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Broad Street
Cuckfield
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH17 5DP
Phone 01444457881
Reference Number 137416

Description

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Warden Park Secondary Academy is a dynamic learning institution located in Cuckfield, West Sussex, with the postcode RH17 5DP. It is celebrated for its academic excellence, offering a comprehensive and diverse curriculum that caters to students' literacy and numeracy skills, while also cultivating character development and wellbeing.

The school's curriculum is structured with a focus on developing strong literacy and a rich vocabulary, ensuring students can confidently communicate both within and beyond the classroom setting. The learning approach spans Years 7 through 11, introducing students to a range of subject disciplines to discover their passions and help them become adept learners.

In the Key Stage 4 curriculum, Warden Park Secondary Academy offers a supposedly broad and balanced selection of courses, including the Twilight Curriculum that provides supplementary qualifications beyond the standard GCSEs. Students are expected to study a variety of subjects in addition to non-examined qualifications like PE and Life. The school encourages students to study three Science GCSEs in order to prepare them for future progression.

Starting from Year 9, students begin their GCSE courses, which focuses on five key areas—excellent attendance, character, progress, grit, and kindness within their community—all of which contribute to graduation. The school's emphasis on character development and wellbeing is reflected in the Kindness and Wellbeing Council.

Warden Park Secondary Academy is recognized as an Apple Distinguished School, and its играет важную роль в обучении через технологии. The leadership team and staff value safeguarding, and the school has a rich program of clubs and extracurricular activities designed to help students explore varied interests and develop holistically.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1523
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.37%
Girls: 45.63%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 329
8 300
9 298
10 302
11 294

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-05-06
Date Description Report
2022-02-15 School inspection School inspection
2017-01-19 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-06-18 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
2012-02-01 Full inspection: Full inspection:
Previously as Warden Park School
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2007-06-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-05-21 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)
53.3 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 61% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 76% Upgrade Upgrade

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)
0.3 Upgrade Upgrade

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:

GCSE Results

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.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 294 15
Third Preference 180 2
From another Local Authority 16 2

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