Southfields Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Feb 24 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
- Unique reference
- 138682
- Address
- 333 Merton Road, Wandsworth, SW18 5JU
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1296 (79% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 59.8%
- Girls
- 40.2%
- First language not English
- 49.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 32.7%
- Persistent absence
- 23.2%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 18.5%
Other White 16.2%
African 15.4%
Mixed 13.8%
White British 12.7%
Other 11.6%
Pakistani 9.7%
Caribbean 7.7%
Unclassified 5.9%
Other Asian 3.4%
Other Black 1.5%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Irish 0.3%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.26
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.33
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 15%
Local authority average 62%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 43%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 45.1
Local authority average 50.4
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.04
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Dance: General | Technical Award | 12 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 15 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 8 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design (3d Studies) | GCSE | 18 |
Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 20 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 18 |
Biology | GCSE | 17 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 51 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 17 |
Admissions
Southfields Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 172
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 66
- 2nd preference
- 81
- 3rd preference
- 110
- From another Local Authority
- 54
Offers
- 1st preference
- 66
- 2nd preference
- 28
- 3rd preference
- 17
- To another Local Authority
- 17
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 19.3 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 145 97 48 |
Year 8 | 181 118 63 |
Year 9 | 197 116 81 |
Year 10 | 192 103 89 |
Year 11 | 221 130 91 |
Year 12 | 218 127 91 |
Year 13 | 142 84 58 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 93.0% 93.9% 86.5% |
Further education | 15.0% 13.5% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 76.0% 76.1% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 1.0% 3.7% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.7% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 1.0% 1.3% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 2.0% 0.6% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 1.0% 2.8% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 1.3% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 71.0% 81.6% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 8.0% 25.7% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 8.0% 23.6% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 0.0% 1.1% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 0.0% 1.0% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 1.0% 0.7% 1.7% |
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