The Academy, Selsey

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 30 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
West Sussex
Unique reference
137096
Address
School Lane, Selsey, PO20 9EH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
492 (61% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
6.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.2%
Persistent absence
31.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.8%
Other White 5.9%
Indian 1.6%
Mixed 1.4%
Other Asian 1%
Unclassified 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
African 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.44
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 6%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.5
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.86
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award8
Sports StudiesTechnical Award35
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award24
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award46
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE50
English LanguageGCSE84
English LiteratureGCSE83
GeographyGCSE46
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Academy, Selsey

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
100
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
84
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
15
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
84
2nd preference
10
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 classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
104
58
46
Year 8
96
44
52
Year 9
97
53
44
Year 10
89
53
36
Year 11
106
52
54
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
68.0%
37.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
28.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
20.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022