Retford Oaks Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 11 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
137117
Address
Babworth Road, DN22 7NJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1149 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
4.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.9%
Persistent absence
33.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.3%
Other White 2.6%
Mixed 2.5%
Unclassified 1.4%
African 1.2%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.35
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.3
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.2
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award75
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE66
Business Studies:SingleGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE66
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE179
English LiteratureGCSE172
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Retford Oaks Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
193
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
168
2nd preference
175
3rd preference
175
From another Local Authority
44
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
168
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
18
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 classes23.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
246
126
120
Year 8
210
110
100
Year 9
196
98
98
Year 10
195
103
92
Year 11
202
104
98
Year 12
60
30
30
Year 13
40
11
29
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
83.4%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
31.0%
41.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
12.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
12.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
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
71.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
25.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
22.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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