Droylsden Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Tameside
Unique reference
135864
Address
Manor Road, Droylsden, M43 6QD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
938 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
51.9%
Girls
48.1%
First language not English
17.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.7%
Persistent absence
22.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65.4%
Mixed 9.2%
Unclassified 5.3%
African 5.2%
Other White 4.1%
Chinese 3%
Other 2.9%
Pakistani 1.8%
Other Black 1.7%
Other Asian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.4
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.4
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award53
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE36
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE32
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE173
English LiteratureGCSE170
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Droylsden Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
166
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
266
2nd preference
201
3rd preference
91
From another Local Authority
187
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
155
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
27
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
200
92
108
Year 8
185
102
83
Year 9
193
107
86
Year 10
180
92
88
Year 11
180
94
86
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
82.1%
85.6%
Further education
48.0%
42.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
8.0%
2.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
24.0%
37.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
9.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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