Eaton Bank Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 3 2019 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
Cheshire East
Unique reference
138662
Address
Jackson Road, CW12 1NT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1086 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
3.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.4%
Persistent absence
30.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.7%
Unclassified 7.7%
Mixed 2.9%
Other White 1.7%
Other 0.9%
Indian 0.6%
African 0.6%
Other Asian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 48.9
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.12
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
DanceGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE181
English LiteratureGCSE164
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Eaton Bank Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
208
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
194
2nd preference
77
3rd preference
15
From another Local Authority
25
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
194
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
9
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 classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
107
102
Year 8
208
111
97
Year 9
173
95
78
Year 10
175
81
94
Year 11
170
72
98
Year 12
88
38
50
Year 13
63
31
32
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
87.4%
85.6%
Further education
32.0%
37.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
46.0%
42.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
7.0%
6.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
64.0%
57.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
20.7%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.1%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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