Joseph Leckie Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 12 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
Walsall
Unique reference
137830
Address
Walstead Road West, WS5 4PG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1516 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
67.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.4%
Persistent absence
24.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 29.9%
Bangladeshi 22.2%
White British 11.5%
Indian 11.3%
African 6%
Mixed 4.9%
Other Asian 4.8%
Other White 3.8%
Other 2.2%
Caribbean 1.3%
Other Black 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Unclassified 0.4%
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
0.08
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.3
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.54
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award12
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award74
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award117
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE95
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE68
ChemistryGCSE67
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE92
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Joseph Leckie Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
251
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
193
2nd preference
81
3rd preference
60
From another Local Authority
35
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
193
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
15
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 classes20
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
299
148
151
Year 8
251
128
123
Year 9
248
123
125
Year 10
251
132
119
Year 11
237
130
107
Year 12
118
51
67
Year 13
112
51
61
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
84.2%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
46.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
7.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
79.0%
65.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
15.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
14.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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