Lynn Grove Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Norfolk
Unique reference
137541
Address
Lynn Grove, Gorleston, NR31 8AP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1155 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
48.0%
Girls
52.0%
First language not English
9.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.9%
Persistent absence
28.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.2%
Other White 7.2%
Mixed 5.1%
Indian 1.7%
African 1%
Other 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 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
-0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.7
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.15
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award23
Sports StudiesTechnical Award89
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award22
Health StudiesTechnical Award42
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE44
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE72
ChemistryGCSE59
ChineseGCSE4
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Lynn Grove Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
223
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
213
2nd preference
121
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
189
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes26.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
235
111
124
Year 8
221
116
105
Year 9
229
108
121
Year 10
232
110
122
Year 11
238
109
129
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
61.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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