The Roundhill Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jul 3 2023 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
Leicestershire
Unique reference
138079
Address
997 Melton Road, Thurmaston, LE4 8GQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
794 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
48.7%
Girls
51.3%
First language not English
18.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
20%
Persistent absence
29.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 61.8%
Indian 19.9%
Mixed 7.9%
Other White 5.2%
Other Asian 1.6%
African 1.4%
Chinese 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.8
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.29
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award21
Health StudiesTechnical Award47
MultimediaTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE46
BiologyGCSE50
Business Studies:SingleGCSE64
ChemistryGCSE50
ChineseGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Roundhill Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
110
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
85
2nd preference
134
3rd preference
47
From another Local Authority
32
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
85
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
18
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 classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
137
71
66
Year 8
151
71
80
Year 9
173
92
81
Year 10
152
71
81
Year 11
181
82
99
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
85.3%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
39.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
25.0%
34.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
18.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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