E-Act Parkwood Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 29 2023 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Sheffield
Unique reference
135934
Address
Longley Avenue West, S5 8UL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
819 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
37.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
48.1%
Persistent absence
30.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 35.5%
Other 11%
African 10.6%
Mixed 9%
Pakistani 8.9%
Other Asian 7%
Other White 6.2%
Other Black 3.1%
Unclassified 2.8%
Indian 1.7%
Gypsy/Roma 1.5%
Caribbean 1.1%
Chinese 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
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
-0.32
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.4
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.32
Local authority average 3.85
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award36
ArabicGCSE4
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE8
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE140
English LiteratureGCSE140
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Parkwood E-ACT Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
190
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
182
2nd preference
65
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
179
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
93
88
Year 8
166
98
68
Year 9
169
88
81
Year 10
166
82
84
Year 11
137
63
74
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
84.2%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
20.0%
37.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
35.0%
8.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
6.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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