Staffordshire University Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 10 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 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
Staffordshire
Unique reference
137164
Address
Marston Road, Hednesford, WS12 4JH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
673 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
2.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
41.8%
Persistent absence
22.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.2%
Mixed 3.8%
Unclassified 1.9%
Other White 1.8%
Other Asian 0.9%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 1%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 10%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32
Local authority average 43.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.53
Local authority average 3.77
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award13
Art & DesignGCSE18
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE16
ChemistryGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE70
English LiteratureGCSE70
GeographyGCSE46
Modern GreekGCSE1
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Staffordshire University Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
147
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
126
2nd preference
87
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
126
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
165
85
80
Year 8
162
74
88
Year 9
110
57
53
Year 10
113
55
58
Year 11
74
37
37
Year 12
27
14
13
Year 13
22
8
14
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
53.0%
46.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
25.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
58.0%
51.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
10.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
3.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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