North Kesteven Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 16 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
136871
Address
Moor Lane, North Hykeham, LN6 9AG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
659 (49% of total capacity)
Boys
44.6%
Girls
55.4%
First language not English
11.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.9%
Persistent absence
38.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81%
Other White 7.7%
Unclassified 2.6%
Mixed 2.5%
African 2.4%
Other Asian 1.2%
Irish 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.84
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 17%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.5
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.92
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award10
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE34
ChemistryGCSE25
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE1
DanceGCSE7
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

North Kesteven Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
111
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
20
2nd preference
100
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
20
2nd preference
33
3rd preference
3
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 classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
124
60
64
Year 8
104
59
45
Year 9
102
43
59
Year 10
133
55
78
Year 11
137
60
77
Year 12
21
8
13
Year 13
38
9
29
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
42.0%
47.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
61.0%
63.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
5.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
18.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
6.0%
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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