Outwood Academy Valley

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 24 2024 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
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
138247
Address
Valley Road, S81 7EN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1722 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
11.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.3%
Persistent absence
22.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.1%
Other White 7.7%
Mixed 3.9%
African 1.6%
Chinese 1.5%
Other Asian 0.8%
Indian 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.6
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.4
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award39
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award43
Health StudiesTechnical Award45
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award23
Speech & DramaTechnical Award21
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE70
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE70
ChineseGCSE2
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Outwood Academy Valley

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
292
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
350
2nd preference
188
3rd preference
27
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
291
2nd preference
1
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
300
156
144
Year 8
306
141
165
Year 9
299
153
146
Year 10
294
153
141
Year 11
289
154
135
Year 12
109
34
75
Year 13
125
66
59
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
83.4%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
41.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
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
72.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
25.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
16.0%
22.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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