Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-19
Religion Unknown
Address Crossfield Avenue
Cowes
Isle of Wight
PO31 8HB
Phone 01983203103
Reference Number 140845

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1256
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.83%
Girls: 48.17%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 20.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 122 122 244
8 118 90 208
9 107 95 202
10 105 96 201
11 129 124 253
12 40 45 85
13 30 33 63

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 86.3%
White, Other 4.8%
Unclassified 2.2%
Asian, Other 1.5%
Mixed, Other 1.2%
White & Asian 1%
African 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-05-17
Date Description Report
2023-03-07 School inspection School inspection
2017-09-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2016-02-23 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

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)
46.8 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 52.2% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 59.8% 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 36.21 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 35.82 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- C C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 7.3% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 49 11
Third Preference 32 1
From another Local Authority 0 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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Name Distance
Cowes Primary School
Edinburgh Close, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8HF
0.16 miles
Gurnard Primary School
Baring Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8DS
0.56 miles
Lanesend Primary School
Love Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7ES
0.69 miles
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Millfield Avenue, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32 6AS
1.2 miles
Queensgate Foundation Primary
Beatrice Avenue, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32 6PA
1.77 miles
Northwood Primary School
Wyatts Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8PU
1.82 miles
Hunnyhill Primary School
Forest Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5SH
3.8 miles
Wootton Community Primary School
Wootton Bridge, Church Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 4PT
3.93 miles
Summerfields Primary School
Atkinson Drive, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2LJ
4.11 miles
Medina House School
School Lane, Newport Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, PO30 2HS
4.36 miles
Newport Church of England Aided Primary School
Hazel Close, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5GD
4.37 miles
Barton Primary School
Furrlongs, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2AX
4.47 miles
Nine Acres Primary School
South View, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1QP
4.67 miles
Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary School
Wellington Road, Carisbrooke, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5QT
4.75 miles
Fawley Infant School
School Road, Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 1EA
4.85 miles
Blackfield Primary School
Hampton Lane, Blackfield, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 1XA
4.87 miles
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
High Street, Carisbrooke, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1NR
4.89 miles
Name Distance
Priory School
Beatrice Avenue, Whippingham, Isle of Wight, PO32 6LP
2.29 miles
Medina College
Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2DX
3.68 miles
The Isle of Wight College
Medina Way, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TA
3.94 miles
Carisbrooke College
Mountbatten Drive, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5QU
4.58 miles
Christ The King College
Wellington Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5QT
4.74 miles
New Forest School
Fawley Road, Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 1FJ
4.91 miles
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