The Becket School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 21 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
137409
Address
The Becket Way, Wilford Lane, NG2 7QY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1185 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
45.7%
Girls
54.3%
First language not English
30.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.2%
Persistent absence
18.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 46.4%
Other White 13.8%
Mixed 10.6%
African 10.5%
Indian 6.4%
Chinese 3%
Other Asian 2.8%
Other 2.3%
Other Black 1.6%
Irish 1.3%
Caribbean 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.43
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 83%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.9
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.4
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award10
Music Studies (General)Technical Award11
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE59
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE38
English LanguageGCSE170
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Becket School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
244
2nd preference
191
3rd preference
253
From another Local Authority
373
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
166
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
112
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 classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
89
91
Year 8
183
79
104
Year 9
183
82
101
Year 10
186
85
101
Year 11
185
86
99
Year 12
155
75
80
Year 13
113
46
67
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
83.4%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
67.0%
41.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
6.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
88.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
50.0%
25.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
50.0%
22.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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