Walton Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 2 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
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
136624
Address
Harlaxton Road, NG31 7JR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
997 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
40.3%
Girls
59.7%
First language not English
18.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.6%
Persistent absence
29.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.7%
Other White 14%
Unclassified 7.2%
Mixed 5.7%
Other Asian 1%
Other Black 0.9%
Other 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
African 0.5%
Caribbean 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.43
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.11
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award13
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
Health StudiesTechnical Award71
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award10
Art & DesignGCSE16
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE21
ChineseGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE120
English LiteratureGCSE120
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Walton Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
150
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
98
2nd preference
127
3rd preference
115
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
98
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
17
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 classes21.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
173
68
105
Year 8
176
81
95
Year 9
178
98
80
Year 10
180
79
101
Year 11
173
65
108
Year 12
59
8
51
Year 13
58
3
55
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
54.0%
47.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
70.0%
63.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
18.0%
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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