Weston Favell Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 13 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
West Northamptonshire
Unique reference
136948
Address
Booth Lane South, NN3 3EZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1494 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
53.7%
Girls
46.3%
First language not English
29.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.8%
Persistent absence
26.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.8%
Other White 21.8%
Mixed 8.7%
African 7.5%
Other Black 3.9%
Bangladeshi 2.9%
Unclassified 2.9%
Other Asian 2.2%
Indian 1.8%
Pakistani 1.3%
Other 1.2%
Caribbean 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.2
Local authority average 45.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.22
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award16
Art & DesignTechnical Award38
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award14
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE231
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Weston Favell Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
266
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
133
2nd preference
138
3rd preference
117
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
133
2nd preference
57
3rd preference
23
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 classes23.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
271
154
117
Year 8
258
145
113
Year 9
263
142
121
Year 10
285
145
140
Year 11
286
152
134
Year 12
68
33
35
Year 13
63
32
31
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
56.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
31.0%
50.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
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
69.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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