Benton Park School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Oct 26 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
108083
Address
Harrogate Road, Rawdon, LS19 6LX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1519 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
52.4%
Girls
47.6%
First language not English
5.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
15%
Persistent absence
27.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84%
Mixed 5.5%
Other White 2.8%
Pakistani 2.8%
Indian 1.5%
Chinese 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
African 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 45.4
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.83
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award21
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE58
Business Studies:SingleGCSE106
ChemistryGCSE58
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
Design & TechnologyGCSE43
English LanguageGCSE226
English LiteratureGCSE221
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Benton Park School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
298
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
279
2nd preference
272
3rd preference
196
From another Local Authority
378
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
262
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
104
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 classes20.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
294
146
148
Year 8
278
144
134
Year 9
287
148
139
Year 10
234
129
105
Year 11
226
120
106
Year 12
85
39
46
Year 13
115
70
45
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
30.0%
33.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
56.0%
36.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
14.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
75.0%
64.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
29.0%
18.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
24.0%
16.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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