Lawnswood School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 27 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Leeds
Unique reference
108055
Address
Ring Road, West Park, LS16 5AG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1441 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
36.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.6%
Persistent absence
28.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 35%
Pakistani 13.3%
Mixed 13.1%
Other Asian 11%
African 7.6%
Other 6.2%
Other White 5.6%
Indian 3.2%
Chinese 1.5%
Other Black 1.3%
Caribbean 1%
Unclassified 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.7
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.73
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE7
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE7
BiologyGCSE84
Business Studies:SingleGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE84
ChineseGCSE5
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE40
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE256
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Lawnswood School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
266
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
123
2nd preference
141
3rd preference
87
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
123
2nd preference
53
3rd preference
15
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
268
141
127
Year 8
252
133
119
Year 9
269
144
125
Year 10
266
138
128
Year 11
270
125
145
Year 12
58
27
31
Year 13
58
22
36
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
84.9%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
33.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
36.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
17.0%
14.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
79.0%
64.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
18.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
21.0%
16.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
8.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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