The Dorcan Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 13 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Swindon
Unique reference
137684
Address
St Paul's Drive, Covingham, SN3 5DA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
858 (66% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
9.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.2%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.9%
Other White 5.9%
Mixed 4.1%
African 2.2%
Other Asian 2.1%
Indian 1.2%
Unclassified 0.9%
Pakistani 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.07
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 30%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.6
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.54
Local authority average 3.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award9
Health StudiesTechnical Award27
Speech & DramaTechnical Award8
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE11
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE10
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE143
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Dorcan Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
170
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
175
2nd preference
79
3rd preference
53
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
160
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
4
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 classes24.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
189
99
90
Year 8
187
101
86
Year 9
171
96
75
Year 10
163
80
83
Year 11
148
77
71
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
85.4%
85.6%
Further education
65.0%
48.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
6.0%
21.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
8.0%
15.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.0%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
5.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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