Wilmington Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 5 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
136205
Address
Common Lane, DA2 7DR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1388 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
62.5%
Girls
37.5%
First language not English
7.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.1%
Persistent absence
23.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.1%
African 6.8%
Mixed 5.8%
Other White 5.1%
Indian 2.1%
Other Asian 1.4%
Other 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity % and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.75
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award24
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award21
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award77
Speech & DramaTechnical Award17
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award76
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wilmington Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
239
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
287
2nd preference
240
3rd preference
263
From another Local Authority
238
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
209
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.3
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
244
159
85
Year 8
246
155
91
Year 9
239
140
99
Year 10
240
142
98
Year 11
232
155
77
Year 12
91
64
27
Year 13
96
52
44
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
43.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
52.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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