Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Dec 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
136731
Address
Ashton Road, LA1 4RS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1676 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
47.4%
Girls
52.6%
First language not English
8.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.2%
Persistent absence
22.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85%
Other White 7%
Mixed 3.4%
Other Asian 1%
African 1%
Chinese 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.27
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.3
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.4
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award51
Art & DesignGCSE70
BiologyGCSE58
Business Studies:SingleGCSE125
ChemistryGCSE58
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE273
English LiteratureGCSE273
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE42
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
289
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
387
2nd preference
364
3rd preference
239
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
280
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
274
117
157
Year 8
277
131
146
Year 9
284
130
154
Year 10
277
128
149
Year 11
274
142
132
Year 12
162
80
82
Year 13
128
66
62
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
28.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
52.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
3.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
65.0%
62.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
31.0%
22.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
3.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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