Hall Cross Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 24 2023 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
Doncaster
Unique reference
137842
Address
Thorne Road, DN1 2HY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1910 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
47.5%
Girls
52.5%
First language not English
23%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.8%
Persistent absence
19.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 52.7%
Other White 12.7%
Pakistani 8.1%
Other Asian 8%
Mixed 7.9%
Indian 2.8%
Other 2.1%
African 1.9%
Gypsy/Roma 1%
Chinese 1%
Unclassified 0.8%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity % and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.48
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 6%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.6
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.7
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award17
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE15
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE39
BiologyGCSE260
Business Studies:SingleGCSE90
ChemistryGCSE260
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hall Cross Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
293
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
436
2nd preference
195
3rd preference
133
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
264
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
16
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 classes18.8
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
310
149
161
Year 8
304
159
145
Year 9
310
148
162
Year 10
299
146
153
Year 11
269
143
126
Year 12
246
87
159
Year 13
172
75
97
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
79.1%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
29.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
52.0%
27.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
20.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
6.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
5.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
7.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
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
83.0%
69.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
34.0%
19.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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