The St Lawrence Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 1 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
806 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
54.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.2%
Persistent absence
30.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 36.1%
Other White 23%
Bangladeshi 12.7%
Other 8.6%
Other Asian 6.1%
Pakistani 4.8%
Mixed 3.2%
African 2.9%
Indian 1%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Black 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 32%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.1
Local authority average 43.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.43
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE40
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE40
Classical CivilisationGCSE18
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE157
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The St Lawrence Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
168
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
144
2nd preference
75
3rd preference
8
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
144
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
167
74
93
Year 8
163
90
73
Year 9
162
77
85
Year 10
152
85
67
Year 11
162
83
79
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
80.9%
85.5%
Further education
28.0%
38.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
4.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
53.0%
37.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
8.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
6.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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