Great Academy Ashton

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Tameside
Unique reference
135508
Address
Broadoak Road, OL6 8RF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1291 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
43.7%
Girls
56.3%
First language not English
25.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
42.8%
Persistent absence
21.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 53.1%
Pakistani 21.1%
Mixed 9.1%
African 4.3%
Indian 2.9%
Bangladeshi 2.6%
Other 2.5%
Unclassified 2.2%
Other White 1.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
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
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.3
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.07
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award13
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award64
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & DesignGCSE40
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE46
Business Studies:SingleGCSE87
ChemistryGCSE44
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Great Academy Ashton

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
264
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
206
2nd preference
91
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
33
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
201
2nd preference
42
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
23
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 classes25.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
270
120
150
Year 8
264
90
174
Year 9
266
118
148
Year 10
232
116
116
Year 11
259
120
139
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
82.7%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
SP
1.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
38.0%
43.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
6.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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