De Aston School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
136491
Address
Willingham Road, LN8 3RF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1040 (78% of total capacity)
Boys
47.9%
Girls
52.1%
First language not English
2.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.3%
Persistent absence
35.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.2%
Mixed 5.1%
Other White 2.7%
Unclassified 0.9%
African 0.8%
Other Asian 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.1
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.68
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award17
Sports StudiesTechnical Award24
Health StudiesTechnical Award22
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award1
Art & DesignGCSE36
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE34
ChemistryGCSE31
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE13
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE9
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

De Aston School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
189
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
170
2nd preference
102
3rd preference
51
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes20.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
197
80
117
Year 8
182
92
90
Year 9
189
92
97
Year 10
175
95
80
Year 11
186
87
99
Year 12
65
30
35
Year 13
46
22
24
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
44.0%
47.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
2.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
0.7%
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
67.0%
63.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
18.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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