Longsands Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 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
Cambridgeshire
Unique reference
136992
Address
Longsands Road, PE19 1LQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1653 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
8%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.1%
Persistent absence
26.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.4%
Other White 6.9%
Mixed 4.4%
African 1.6%
Indian 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.1
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.64
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE79
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE77
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE7
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Longsands Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
269
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
242
2nd preference
100
3rd preference
24
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
242
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
4
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
297
136
161
Year 8
283
139
144
Year 9
284
152
132
Year 10
283
145
138
Year 11
286
150
136
Year 12
125
60
65
Year 13
95
45
50
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
88.3%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
54.0%
27.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
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
64.0%
67.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
21.0%
25.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
22.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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