King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Sefton
Unique reference
138260
Address
Fernhill Road, L20 6AQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
636 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
17.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
61.8%
Persistent absence
39.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
30.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.2%
Other 7.1%
Mixed 5.1%
Other White 4.9%
African 4.6%
Unclassified 2.7%
Other Asian 1.4%
Other Black 1.3%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.56
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 63%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 11%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 31.4
Local authority average 42
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.9
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award7
Health StudiesTechnical Award8
Speech & DramaTechnical Award4
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE15
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE13
Business Studies:SingleGCSE17
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
139
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
114
2nd preference
61
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
114
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
4
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
144
84
60
Year 8
141
68
73
Year 9
129
60
69
Year 10
110
64
46
Year 11
112
56
56
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
84.0%
86.5%
Further education
72.0%
49.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
31.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
4.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
4.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
7.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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