Lostock Hall Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 3 2022 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
137111
Address
Todd Lane North, Lostock Hall, PR5 5UR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
778 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
52.7%
Girls
47.3%
First language not English
2.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.7%
Persistent absence
17.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.3%
Mixed 3.3%
Other White 1.8%
Indian 0.9%
Other Asian 0.9%
Pakistani 0.4%
African 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Unclassified 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
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.1
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.92
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award15
Sports StudiesTechnical Award23
Speech & DramaTechnical Award12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE96
English LiteratureGCSE95
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Lostock Hall Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
151
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
171
2nd preference
120
3rd preference
136
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
144
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
0
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 classes26
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
157
85
72
Year 8
156
75
81
Year 9
158
85
73
Year 10
158
81
77
Year 11
149
84
65
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
65.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
42.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
20.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
11.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
12.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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