LeAF Studio

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
Sept 24 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
13 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Unique reference
138385
Address
Holloway Avenue, BH11 9JW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
460 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
43.0%
Girls
57.0%
First language not English
3.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.9%
Persistent absence
29.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.8%
Mixed 7.2%
Unclassified 5%
Other White 3.3%
Chinese 0.7%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.4
Local authority average 50.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.44
Local authority average 4.54
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Business Studies:SingleGCSE26
DanceGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE78
English LiteratureGCSE78
FrenchGCSE4
GeographyGCSE31
HistoryGCSE37
MathematicsGCSE78
Film StudiesGCSE41
MusicGCSE9
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
84
35
49
Year 10
77
31
46
Year 11
78
32
46
Year 12
106
46
60
Year 13
115
54
61
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
86.8%
85.5%
Further education
41.0%
39.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
38.0%
46.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
3.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
39.0%
56.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
3.0%
22.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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