Waltham Toll Bar Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 19 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
North East Lincolnshire
Unique reference
136268
Address
Station Road, New Waltham, DN36 4RZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1893 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
8.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.8%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.8%
Mixed 3.9%
Other White 3.8%
Other 2.2%
African 1.7%
Unclassified 1%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.03
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 32%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.2
Local authority average 40.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.13
Local authority average 3.51
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award33
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award6
Art & DesignGCSE126
BiologyGCSE82
ChemistryGCSE82
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE93
English LanguageGCSE338
English LiteratureGCSE337
FrenchGCSE66
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Waltham Toll Bar Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
249
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
217
2nd preference
104
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
37
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
217
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
23
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
308
156
152
Year 8
333
161
172
Year 9
330
155
175
Year 10
330
169
161
Year 11
378
186
192
Year 12
94
45
49
Year 13
120
63
57
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
82.9%
86.5%
Further education
32.0%
41.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
17.0%
6.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
38.0%
34.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
5.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
7.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
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
84.0%
51.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
47.0%
9.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
46.0%
8.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
6.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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