The Long Eaton School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Feb 29 2024 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
Derbyshire
Unique reference
136716
Address
Thoresby Road, Long Eaton, NG10 3NP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1112 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
3.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.4%
Persistent absence
24.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83%
Mixed 7%
Other White 4.6%
Unclassified 1.3%
Indian 1.2%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
African 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 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
-0.59
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.8
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.2
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award10
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award19
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award20
Speech & DramaTechnical Award5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE51
BiologyGCSE39
ChemistryGCSE39
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE12
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Long Eaton School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
194
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
157
2nd preference
104
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
157
2nd preference
31
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
106
103
Year 8
223
104
119
Year 9
206
105
101
Year 10
179
96
83
Year 11
194
100
94
Year 12
52
22
30
Year 13
49
24
25
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
82.6%
86.5%
Further education
50.0%
39.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
28.0%
36.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
5.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
6.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.8%
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
57.0%
63.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
21.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
19.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
3.2%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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