King's Lynn Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 18 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
Norfolk
Unique reference
136202
Address
Queen Mary Road, PE30 4QG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
961 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
19.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.6%
Persistent absence
27.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.7%
Other White 17.8%
Mixed 2.2%
African 1.5%
Irish 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.49
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 63%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.2
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.4
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE30
English LanguageGCSE174
English LiteratureGCSE173
FrenchGCSE96
GeographyGCSE70
GermanGCSE19
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King's Lynn Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
189
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
190
2nd preference
133
3rd preference
46
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
168
2nd preference
20
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
205
100
105
Year 8
197
101
96
Year 9
177
84
93
Year 10
183
93
90
Year 11
199
111
88
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
57.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
16.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
9.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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