Tarleton Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 13 2023 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
Lancashire
Unique reference
137768
Address
Hesketh Lane, Tarleton, PR4 6AQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
691 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
48.8%
Girls
51.2%
First language not English
3.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.8%
Persistent absence
26.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.8%
Other White 3.6%
Mixed 2.2%
Unclassified 0.4%
African 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Other Asian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.5
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.2
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE47
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE129
English LiteratureGCSE128
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE38
GeographyGCSE79
HistoryGCSE54
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Tarleton Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
143
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
125
2nd preference
89
3rd preference
85
From another Local Authority
23
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
125
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
10
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 classes23.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
126
60
66
Year 8
151
67
84
Year 9
148
77
71
Year 10
130
68
62
Year 11
136
65
71
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
61.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
5.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
19.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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