Long Field Spencer Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 24 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Leicestershire
Unique reference
138628
Address
Ambleside Way, LE13 0BN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
929 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
4.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.1%
Persistent absence
25.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.5%
Other White 4.8%
Mixed 3%
Other 0.8%
African 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Indian 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.9
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.06
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award33
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award12
Speech & DramaTechnical Award4
Sports StudiesTechnical Award21
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE9
BiologyGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE59
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE51
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE177
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Long Field Spencer Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
176
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
266
2nd preference
158
3rd preference
55
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
170
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
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 classes24.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
87
93
Year 8
211
93
118
Year 9
180
89
91
Year 10
180
111
69
Year 11
178
90
88
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
83.5%
85.6%
Further education
45.0%
41.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
36.0%
31.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
2.0%
9.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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