Stamford Welland Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 21 2021 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
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
137600
Address
Green Lane, Stamford Welland Academy, PE9 1HE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
597 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
55.1%
Girls
44.9%
First language not English
6.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.2%
Persistent absence
22.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.3%
Other White 5.4%
Mixed 2.3%
Other Black 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Indian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 17%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.6
Local authority average 45.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.28
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award4
Art & DesignGCSE10
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE81
English LiteratureGCSE81
FrenchGCSE10
GeographyGCSE70
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Stamford Welland Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
138
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
138
2nd preference
70
3rd preference
33
From another Local Authority
58
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
128
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
28
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
131
60
71
Year 8
144
86
58
Year 9
117
61
56
Year 10
118
70
48
Year 11
87
52
35
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
65.0%
40.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
19.0%
40.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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