The Langley Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 11 2023 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
Slough
Unique reference
135631
Address
Langley Road, Langley, SL3 7EF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1150 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.1%
Girls
46.9%
First language not English
23%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.4%
Persistent absence
19.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 28.3%
Pakistani 19.1%
White British 14.4%
Other Asian 8.8%
Mixed 8.5%
African 6.4%
Other White 5.9%
Unclassified 3%
Other 2.5%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Caribbean 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
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
0.27
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51
Local authority average 52.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.17
Local authority average 4.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award18
Health StudiesTechnical Award32
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE11
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE89
ChemistryGCSE53
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE66
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE179
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Langley Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
153
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
276
2nd preference
185
3rd preference
137
From another Local Authority
106
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
109
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
14
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 classes24.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
102
79
Year 8
183
98
85
Year 9
181
104
77
Year 10
179
90
89
Year 11
183
100
83
Year 12
123
64
59
Year 13
120
53
67
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
24.0%
22.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
67.0%
67.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
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
83.0%
76.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
20.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
9.0%
18.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020