The Winsford Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 16 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Unique reference
136184
Address
Grange Lane, CW7 2BT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1089 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
4%
Free school meals (FSM)
42.6%
Persistent absence
45.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.8%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other White 2%
Mixed 1.6%
Other Asian 0.9%
Irish 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other Black 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.85
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 30%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.2
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.84
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award26
TourismTechnical Award13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE29
BiologyGCSE56
Business Studies:SingleGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE54
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
DanceGCSE4
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Winsford Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
156
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
22
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
156
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
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 classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
228
118
110
Year 8
235
116
119
Year 9
229
123
106
Year 10
197
96
101
Year 11
200
96
104
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
63.0%
30.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
36.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
16.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
11.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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