Shirebrook Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Dec 7 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
Derbyshire
Unique reference
136127
Address
Common Lane, Shirebrook, NG20 8QF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
824 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
8.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
38.5%
Persistent absence
35.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.8%
Other White 8.3%
Mixed 2.8%
Unclassified 2.1%
African 0.7%
Other Black 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Other Asian 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.44
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.8
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.37
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award15
Health StudiesTechnical Award44
Sports StudiesTechnical Award28
Art & DesignGCSE16
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE58
English LanguageGCSE168
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Shirebrook Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
163
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
163
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
23
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
161
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes25.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
166
78
88
Year 8
167
88
79
Year 9
165
82
83
Year 10
156
78
78
Year 11
170
90
80
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
81.5%
85.6%
Further education
77.0%
40.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
3.0%
35.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
5.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
5.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
6.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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