Lincroft Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Feb 24 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bedford
Unique reference
136471
Address
Station Road, Oakley, MK43 7RE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
959 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
8.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.2%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 64.1%
Mixed 9.6%
Other White 6.7%
Indian 5.5%
Pakistani 4.4%
Unclassified 2.3%
Other Asian 2.1%
African 1.7%
Caribbean 1%
Irish 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.31
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.5
Local authority average 43.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.2
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award55
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)30
Art & DesignGCSE47
BiologyGCSE55
Business Studies:SingleGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
Design & TechnologyGCSE36
DanceGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE204
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Lincroft Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
184
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
163
2nd preference
84
3rd preference
29
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
163
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
1
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
174
83
91
Year 8
191
99
92
Year 9
202
112
90
Year 10
188
92
96
Year 11
204
102
102
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
86.4%
85.6%
Further education
48.0%
42.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
41.0%
43.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.9%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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