New Line Learning Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 13 2019 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
135372
Address
Boughton Lane, ME15 9QL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
807 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
13.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.7%
Persistent absence
41.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.9%
Other White 7.8%
Mixed 5.9%
African 5.5%
Gypsy/Roma 2.1%
Other 2%
Other Asian 1.2%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Indian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.66
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.7
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.88
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award23
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award29
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE7
Art & DesignGCSE30
BiologyGCSE13
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE129
English LiteratureGCSE129
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

New Line Learning Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
203
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
96
2nd preference
66
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
96
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
198
105
93
Year 8
176
86
90
Year 9
157
79
78
Year 10
130
68
62
Year 11
146
74
72
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
69.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
48.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
20.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
11.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
16.0%
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