Albany Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 6 2024 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
Lancashire
Unique reference
138544
Address
Bolton Road, PR7 3AY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
719 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
55.2%
Girls
44.8%
First language not English
6%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.8%
Persistent absence
25.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.8%
Unclassified 5%
Other Asian 2.1%
Mixed 1.7%
Other 1.5%
Other White 1.4%
Pakistani 0.7%
Indian 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.86
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award30
Art & DesignGCSE19
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE46
Design & TechnologyGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE135
English LiteratureGCSE134
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE60
FrenchGCSE23
GeographyGCSE70
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Albany Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
146
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
124
2nd preference
232
3rd preference
219
From another Local Authority
58
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
104
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
74
75
Year 8
148
84
64
Year 9
149
88
61
Year 10
143
67
76
Year 11
130
84
46
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
64.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
12.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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