John Whitgift Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 31 2020 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
North East Lincolnshire
Unique reference
137464
Address
Crosland Road, DN37 9EH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1006 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
48.8%
Girls
51.2%
First language not English
5.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.7%
Persistent absence
18.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.3%
Other White 5.5%
Mixed 2.3%
Unclassified 1.7%
African 1.6%
Other 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 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
0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 65%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 32%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.5
Local authority average 40.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.21
Local authority average 3.51
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award23
Sports StudiesTechnical Award41
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award47
Health StudiesTechnical Award73
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award31
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE45
English LanguageGCSE130
English LiteratureGCSE130
FrenchGCSE84
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

John Whitgift Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
240
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
269
2nd preference
61
3rd preference
26
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
237
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
242
125
117
Year 8
242
116
126
Year 9
199
101
98
Year 10
168
73
95
Year 11
155
76
79
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
82.9%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
41.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
6.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
37.0%
34.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
7.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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