The Five Islands Academy

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

243

Places

285

How full

85% full — 243 of 285 places taken

Girls / boys

113 / 130

Overall absence

7%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

18%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

4%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

1%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

4%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

14%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

84%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

84%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

0%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

9%

No sustained destination

13%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

32

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Isles of Scilly 001A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

38%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

12%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

45%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

17%

England 17%

Households with no car

42%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

35%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy sponsor led

Phase

All-through

Ages

Ages 3–16

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

Church of England

Sixth form

No

Nursery

Yes

Boarding

Boarding school

Trust

TRURO & PENWITH ACADEMY TRUST

Headteacher

Headteacher: Rachel Lewin

Local authority

Isles Of Scilly

Ward

St Mary's

Constituency

St Ives

URN

144638

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.