Braunton Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 29 2020 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
Devon
Unique reference
138041
Address
Barton Lane, EX33 2BP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
810 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
2.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.2%
Persistent absence
19.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.9%
Other White 3.7%
Other 3%
Mixed 1.7%
Unclassified 0.5%
African 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Caribbean 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
0.29
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 32%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.4
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.55
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE50
BiologyGCSE64
ChemistryGCSE64
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE151
English LiteratureGCSE151
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE32
FrenchGCSE40
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Braunton Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
203
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
13
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
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 classes25.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
83
98
Year 8
182
99
83
Year 9
150
77
73
Year 10
154
81
73
Year 11
143
70
73
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
77.0%
57.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
24.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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