Garstang Community Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 26 2024 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
137342
Address
Bowgreave, Garstang, PR3 1YE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
819 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
49.9%
Girls
50.1%
First language not English
0.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.4%
Persistent absence
28.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.1%
Mixed 3%
Indian 1.2%
Other White 1.1%
Other Asian 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
African 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.32
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.84
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
Art & DesignGCSE40
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE160
Business Studies:SingleGCSE85
ChemistryGCSE159
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE165
English LiteratureGCSE160
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE19
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Garstang Community Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
119
2nd preference
124
3rd preference
161
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
118
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
15
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 classes25.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
168
81
87
Year 8
157
73
84
Year 9
171
88
83
Year 10
160
88
72
Year 11
163
79
84
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
44.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
13.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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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