Carlton Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 10 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
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
137085
Address
Coningswath Road, Carlton, NG4 3SH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1335 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
7.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.8%
Persistent absence
25.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.2%
Unclassified 11.2%
Mixed 10.2%
Other White 2.9%
Pakistani 2%
Other 1.3%
African 1%
Caribbean 0.8%
Indian 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 52%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.5
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.42
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award1
Sports StudiesTechnical Award48
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
MultimediaTechnical Award29
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE15
ChemistryGCSE23
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Carlton Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
231
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
301
2nd preference
211
3rd preference
77
From another Local Authority
98
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
226
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
261
133
128
Year 8
250
129
121
Year 9
233
127
106
Year 10
227
121
106
Year 11
212
107
105
Year 12
82
39
43
Year 13
70
33
37
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
83.4%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
41.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.1%
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
76.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
25.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
22.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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