University Academy Holbeach

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 13 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 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
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
137282
Address
Park Road, Holbeach, PE12 7PU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1390 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
10.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.6%
Persistent absence
32.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.5%
Other White 10.1%
Mixed 2.6%
African 0.8%
Indian 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.5
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.22
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award113
Health StudiesTechnical Award47
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE56
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE22
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE204
English LiteratureGCSE202
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE19
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

University Academy Holbeach

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
234
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
208
2nd preference
114
3rd preference
50
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
208
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes17.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
236
107
129
Year 8
233
109
124
Year 9
240
119
121
Year 10
240
115
125
Year 11
207
117
90
Year 12
140
79
61
Year 13
74
40
34
Year 14
20
13
7
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
23.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
62.0%
47.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
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
61.0%
63.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
8.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
18.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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