Tuxford Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 29 2023 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
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
137319
Address
Marnham Road, Tuxford, NG22 0JH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1483 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
3%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.7%
Persistent absence
22.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.6%
Mixed 3.3%
Other White 2.8%
African 0.9%
Chinese 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 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
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.93
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award42
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award10
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE74
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
DanceGCSE5
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Tuxford Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
242
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
243
2nd preference
149
3rd preference
102
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
235
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
249
121
128
Year 8
252
127
125
Year 9
250
139
111
Year 10
254
132
122
Year 11
245
126
119
Year 12
112
57
55
Year 13
121
57
64
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
83.4%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
49.0%
41.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
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
66.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
25.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
22.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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