Spires Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
135305
Address
Bredlands Lane, Sturry, CT2 0HD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
726 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
46.3%
Girls
53.7%
First language not English
10.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.5%
Persistent absence
36.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.3%
Other White 4.7%
Mixed 4%
African 2.8%
Gypsy/Roma 2.6%
Indian 1.4%
Other Asian 1.2%
Other 1%
Unclassified 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.93
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 17%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.7
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.8
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award7
Art & DesignTechnical Award17
Health StudiesTechnical Award34
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award11
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award44
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award18
BiologyGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Spires Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
137
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
96
2nd preference
90
3rd preference
66
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
96
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
144
67
77
Year 8
144
62
82
Year 9
145
73
72
Year 10
147
71
76
Year 11
146
63
83
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
70.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
53.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
15.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022