The Morley Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 1 2013 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 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
Leeds
Unique reference
136392
Address
Fountain Street, Morley, LS27 0PD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1431 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
12%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.5%
Persistent absence
17.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.2%
Mixed 4.8%
Indian 4.8%
Chinese 4.3%
Other White 3.9%
African 1.9%
Other 1.1%
Other Asian 1%
Pakistani 0.7%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.83
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 65%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58.2
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.21
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award55
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award39
Health StudiesTechnical Award49
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award122
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)27
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE28
Art & DesignGCSE46
BiologyGCSE45
ChemistryGCSE44
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Morley Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
277
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
359
2nd preference
274
3rd preference
129
From another Local Authority
75
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
275
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes24.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
283
148
135
Year 8
289
151
138
Year 9
286
155
131
Year 10
282
140
142
Year 11
291
131
160
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
84.9%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
33.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
38.0%
36.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
13.0%
14.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
3.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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