Sponne School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 3 2012 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
West Northamptonshire
Unique reference
136488
Address
Brackley Road, NN12 6DJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1428 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
2.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.3%
Persistent absence
13.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.2%
Other White 4.3%
Mixed 3.8%
Unclassified 2.9%
Chinese 0.7%
Other 0.5%
African 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 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
0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 68%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.3
Local authority average 45.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.85
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award20
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE52
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE79
ChemistryGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
Design & TechnologyGCSE71
English LanguageGCSE230
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sponne School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
220
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
240
2nd preference
69
3rd preference
40
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
215
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
230
105
125
Year 8
232
119
113
Year 9
235
119
116
Year 10
232
104
128
Year 11
232
126
106
Year 12
142
62
80
Year 13
125
59
66
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
28.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
64.0%
50.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.9%
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
83.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
21.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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