Sharnbrook Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 22 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
Bedford
Unique reference
136470
Address
Odell Road, Sharnbrook, MK44 1JL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1670 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
8%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.3%
Persistent absence
24.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.6%
Mixed 7.7%
Other 4.3%
African 2.9%
Indian 1.7%
Unclassified 1.1%
Other Asian 1%
Irish 0.6%
Other White 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
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
0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 30%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.4
Local authority average 43.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.01
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award26
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE39
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE49
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
DanceGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE263
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sharnbrook Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
264
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
253
2nd preference
106
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
176
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
246
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
111
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 classes20.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
271
128
143
Year 8
260
148
112
Year 9
268
131
137
Year 10
260
129
131
Year 11
256
128
128
Year 12
171
85
86
Year 13
184
101
83
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
87.3%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
41.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
62.0%
44.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.1%
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
74.0%
48.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
9.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
21.0%
8.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
6.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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