Rushcliffe Spencer Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 4 2014 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
138482
Address
Boundary Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7BW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2014 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
9%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.4%
Persistent absence
18.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.1%
Mixed 7.8%
Unclassified 5.7%
Indian 3.8%
Other White 3.5%
Pakistani 3.2%
Chinese 3%
Other Asian 1.8%
African 1.2%
Other 1.1%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.84
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 40%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 72%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.2
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.18
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award27
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE53
BiologyGCSE135
Business Studies:SingleGCSE132
ChemistryGCSE132
ChineseGCSE6
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE70
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
English LanguageGCSE329
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Rushcliffe Spencer Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
329
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
384
2nd preference
384
3rd preference
181
From another Local Authority
134
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
325
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
331
172
159
Year 8
333
173
160
Year 9
303
161
142
Year 10
303
146
157
Year 11
319
162
157
Year 12
230
109
121
Year 13
195
107
88
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
83.4%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
67.0%
41.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
6.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
85.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
52.0%
25.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
47.0%
22.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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