Airedale Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jan 30 2024 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
Wakefield
Unique reference
136613
Address
Crewe Road, Airedale, WF10 3JU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1039 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
47.8%
Girls
52.2%
First language not English
7.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.7%
Persistent absence
34.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.2%
Other White 5.9%
Mixed 2.5%
African 2.5%
Unclassified 1.3%
Indian 0.7%
Other Black 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
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
-0.68
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.2
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.79
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award25
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award14
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award8
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
MultimediaTechnical Award11
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award11
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award54
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
Art & DesignGCSE23
BiologyGCSE2
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Airedale Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
173
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
164
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
17
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
164
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
224
109
115
Year 8
212
87
125
Year 9
216
106
110
Year 10
197
100
97
Year 11
158
82
76
Year 12
26
12
14
Year 13
6
1
5
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
82.3%
86.5%
Further education
44.0%
36.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
11.0%
13.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
25.0%
31.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
7.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
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
21.0%
55.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
14.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
12.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
11.0%
6.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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