Woodkirk Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 14 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
Leeds
Unique reference
137383
Address
Rein Road, Tingley, WF3 1JQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1799 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
53.4%
Girls
46.6%
First language not English
7.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.1%
Persistent absence
27.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.1%
Mixed 5.1%
Indian 4.6%
Pakistani 4.3%
Other White 3.1%
Unclassified 2.6%
Chinese 1.8%
African 1.7%
Other 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.7
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.42
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award31
Sports StudiesTechnical Award32
Health StudiesTechnical Award30
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award14
Speech & DramaTechnical Award35
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE119
Business Studies:SingleGCSE91
ChemistryGCSE118
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Woodkirk Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
320
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
265
2nd preference
208
3rd preference
252
From another Local Authority
122
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
265
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
64
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 classes20.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
311
172
139
Year 8
304
170
134
Year 9
304
169
135
Year 10
285
155
130
Year 11
308
151
157
Year 12
144
74
70
Year 13
143
69
74
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
84.9%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
33.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
50.0%
36.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
14.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.3%
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%
64.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
18.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
16.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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