Castle Manor Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 17 2019 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
Suffolk
Unique reference
138162
Address
Eastern Avenue, CB9 9JE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
751 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
47.9%
Girls
52.1%
First language not English
12.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.2%
Persistent absence
27.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.9%
Other White 7.6%
Unclassified 6%
Mixed 3.9%
Indian 3.2%
African 1.5%
Other Asian 0.7%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.8
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.51
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE17
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE49
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE9
BiologyGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE41
English LanguageGCSE145
English LiteratureGCSE141
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE40
FrenchGCSE44
GeographyGCSE49
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Castle Manor Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
149
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
146
2nd preference
84
3rd preference
18
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
146
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
77
74
Year 8
147
70
77
Year 9
157
74
83
Year 10
147
67
80
Year 11
149
72
77
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
86.0%
85.6%
Further education
61.0%
38.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
7.0%
42.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
16.0%
4.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
3.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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