The Commonweal School is a secondary school located in Swindon. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 29/11/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.6%, which is 1.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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The Mall, Swindon

School Information

Address: The Mall, Swindon, SN1 4JE
Website: www.commonweal.co.uk
Telephone: 01793612727
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Swindon
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Charles Drew
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137190

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 29/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1400
Number of Pupils: 1384
Number of Boys: 659
Number of Girls: 725

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

: -0.17 Confidence interval -0.34 to 0
Of the 224 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 217 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:32%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:34%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.09
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lethbridge Primary School
Lethbridge Road , SN1 4BY 		3out of 4 636 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
King William Street Church of England Primary School
King William Street , SN1 3LB 		2out of 4 826 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
East Wichel Primary School & Nursery
Staldon Road , East Wichel SN1 7AG 		3out of 4 842 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
The Croft Primary School
Marlborough Lane , SN3 1RA 		4out of 4 964 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Robert Le Kyng Primary School
Westcott Street , SN1 5HS 		3out of 4 1,237 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Commonweal School
The Mall , Old Town SN1 4JE 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
UTC Swindon
Bristol Street , SN1 5ET 		1out of 4 1,591 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School
The Deanery CE Academy
Peglars Way , Wichelstowe SN1 7DA 		- not rated 1,664 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
Lawn Manor Academy
Salcombe Grove , SN3 1ER 		2out of 4 2,024 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
Inverary Road , Wroughton SN4 9DJ 		3out of 4 2,430 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
New College Swindon
New College Drive , SN3 1AH 		- not rated 2,508 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
EOTAS Swindon
Ferndale Road , Ferndale SN2 1HL 		3out of 4 2,712 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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