Sarum Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 22 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wiltshire
Unique reference
136183
Address
Westwood Road, SP2 9HS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
742 (61% of total capacity)
Boys
49.9%
Girls
50.1%
First language not English
8.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.4%
Persistent absence
31.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
27.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.2%
Other White 4.3%
Mixed 3%
Other 1.8%
African 1.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Indian 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Caribbean 0.4%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.69
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 12%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.2
Local authority average 46.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.68
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award21
Health StudiesTechnical Award17
MultimediaTechnical Award8
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award12
Art & DesignGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE9
English LanguageGCSE107
English LiteratureGCSE103
FrenchGCSE9
GeographyGCSE22
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Sarum Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
140
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
116
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
26
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
116
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
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 classes20.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
155
76
79
Year 8
154
79
75
Year 9
126
70
56
Year 10
114
56
58
Year 11
108
56
52
Year 12
46
16
30
Year 13
39
17
22
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
87.0%
85.6%
Further education
28.0%
34.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
53.0%
46.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
5.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
4.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
35.0%
62.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
3.0%
25.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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