The St Lawrence Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 2 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
North Lincolnshire
Unique reference
135674
Address
Doncaster Road, DN15 7DF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
798 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
52.0%
Girls
48.0%
First language not English
53%
Free school meals (FSM)
41.1%
Persistent absence
27.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.5%
Other White 23.3%
Bangladeshi 13.5%
Other 6.9%
Pakistani 5.1%
Other Asian 4.9%
Mixed 3%
African 3%
Indian 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.2
Local authority average 42.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.28
Local authority average 3.62
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE52
English LanguageGCSE147
English LiteratureGCSE133
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The St Lawrence Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
156
2nd preference
75
3rd preference
17
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
156
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
1
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 classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
164
93
71
Year 8
162
76
86
Year 9
159
90
69
Year 10
164
82
82
Year 11
149
74
75
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
82.3%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
35.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
5.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
51.0%
41.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
5.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
6.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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