De Lacy Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Apr 5 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Wakefield
Unique reference
138006
Address
Middle Lane, WF11 0BZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
869 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
6.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.4%
Persistent absence
32.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.4%
Unclassified 5.3%
Other White 4.1%
Mixed 2%
African 1.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.5
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.97
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award35
Speech & DramaTechnical Award44
Sports StudiesTechnical Award51
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE43
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE146
English LiteratureGCSE137
FrenchGCSE50
GeographyGCSE56
HistoryGCSE80
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

De Lacy Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
154
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
150
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
15
From another Local Authority
24
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
150
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
13
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 classes25.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
87
93
Year 8
193
92
101
Year 9
177
94
83
Year 10
172
87
85
Year 11
147
71
76
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
70.0%
81.8%
85.5%
Further education
50.0%
41.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
19.0%
28.0%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
16.0%
8.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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