Sir John Leman High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 12 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
137055
Address
Ringsfield Road, NR34 9PG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1443 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
2.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.9%
Persistent absence
20.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.9%
Mixed 4.2%
Other White 2.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
Indian 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
African 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.96
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE63
Business Studies:SingleGCSE78
ChemistryGCSE63
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE68
English LanguageGCSE230
English LiteratureGCSE230
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE43
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sir John Leman High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
266
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
269
2nd preference
115
3rd preference
26
From another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
265
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
270
124
146
Year 8
250
131
119
Year 9
249
133
116
Year 10
245
120
125
Year 11
240
120
120
Year 12
84
36
48
Year 13
105
47
58
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
50.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
25.0%
41.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
10.0%
4.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
55.0%
54.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
12.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
9.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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