The Fallibroome Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 1 2022 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
Cheshire East
Unique reference
136278
Address
Priory Lane, Upton, SK10 4AF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1541 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
48.8%
Girls
51.2%
First language not English
4.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
12%
Persistent absence
16.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.9%
Mixed 4%
Other White 3.5%
Indian 1.4%
Other Asian 1.3%
Unclassified 0.9%
African 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish 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
0.45
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 32%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.9
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.54
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
Art & DesignGCSE11
BiologyGCSE87
Business Studies:SingleGCSE98
ChemistryGCSE87
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE42
Design & TechnologyGCSE59
DanceGCSE15
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Fallibroome Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
240
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
290
2nd preference
227
3rd preference
79
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
235
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
115
124
Year 8
240
117
123
Year 9
240
123
117
Year 10
239
127
112
Year 11
245
129
116
Year 12
171
71
100
Year 13
167
70
97
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
37.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
62.0%
44.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
5.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.4%
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%
51.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
43.0%
17.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
34.0%
14.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
5.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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