The de Ferrers Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 25 2023 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
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
136414
Address
St Mary's Drive, DE13 0LL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2467 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
47.5%
Girls
52.5%
First language not English
24.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.3%
Persistent absence
24.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 58.2%
Pakistani 19.7%
Other White 7.5%
Mixed 5.1%
Other Asian 3.5%
Indian 1.8%
African 1.2%
Other 1%
Unclassified 0.9%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
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
-0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.8
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.97
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award15
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE37
BiologyGCSE93
Business Studies:SingleGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE93
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE48
EconomicsGCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The de Ferrers Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
399
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
380
2nd preference
69
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
379
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
406
198
208
Year 8
405
188
217
Year 9
400
201
199
Year 10
396
197
199
Year 11
405
197
208
Year 12
233
95
138
Year 13
222
95
127
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
83.9%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
40.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
43.0%
38.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
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
79.0%
55.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
25.0%
11.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
21.0%
9.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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