The Swanage School is a secondary school located in Swanage. 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 21/05/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.2%, which is 2.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: High Street, Swanage, BH19 2PH
Website: http://www.theswanageschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01929500599
School Type: Free schools
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Dorset
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Jennifer Maraspin
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 139376

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 21/05/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 420
Number of Pupils: 324
Number of Boys: 169
Number of Girls: 155

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.03 Confidence interval -0.4 to 0.34
Of the 52 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 46 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:40%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:39%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:42.5
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.67
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School
High Street , BH19 2PH
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton Matravers
High Street , Langton Matravers BH19 3HB
3out of 4 1,483 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Swanage Primary School
Swanage Primary School, Mount Scar , Mount Scar BH19 2EY
4out of 4 1,808 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage
Northbrook Road , BH19 1QE
2out of 4 1,931 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Swanage School
High Street , BH19 2PH
3out of 4 0 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Purbeck View School
Northbrook Road , BH19 1PR
- not rated 1,726 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.