The Stockwood Park Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 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
Luton
Unique reference
135338
Address
Rotheram Avenue, LU1 5PP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1473 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
47.7%
Girls
52.3%
First language not English
61.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.9%
Persistent absence
29.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 28.3%
Other White 15.8%
Bangladeshi 15.7%
White British 9.6%
African 9.4%
Mixed 6.1%
Other 4.7%
Other Asian 3.5%
Indian 3%
Caribbean 1.5%
Unclassified 1.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.42
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.15
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award47
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
ArabicGCSE8
Art & DesignGCSE48
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
English LanguageGCSE232
English LiteratureGCSE232
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Stockwood Park Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
290
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
189
2nd preference
107
3rd preference
86
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
189
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
19
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
264
137
127
Year 8
286
144
142
Year 9
271
125
146
Year 10
284
133
151
Year 11
270
124
146
Year 12
44
17
27
Year 13
54
23
31
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
90.4%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
27.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
16.0%
12.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
37.0%
49.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.4%
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
60.0%
77.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
15.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
13.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
0.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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