Essa Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 21 2021 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
Not applicable
Local authority
Bolton
Unique reference
135770
Address
Lever Edge Lane, BL3 3HH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1097 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
55.2%
Girls
44.8%
First language not English
63.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.6%
Persistent absence
14.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.4%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 46.9%
Indian 11.2%
African 8.9%
White British 6.3%
Other 5.4%
Unclassified 5.3%
Other White 4.7%
Mixed 4.2%
Other Asian 3.6%
Gypsy/Roma 1.3%
Other Black 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.7
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.91
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award23
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award12
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE52
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE47
BiologyGCSE17
Business Studies:SingleGCSE97
ChemistryGCSE17
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE58
English LanguageGCSE211
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Essa Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
203
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
214
2nd preference
224
3rd preference
160
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
169
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
10
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 classes24
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
233
117
116
Year 8
229
135
94
Year 9
214
116
98
Year 10
213
115
98
Year 11
208
123
85
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
44.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
16.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
51.0%
22.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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