Woodham Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 19 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
County Durham
Unique reference
138717
Address
Washington Crescent, DL5 4AX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1038 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
3.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.7%
Persistent absence
23.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.4%
Other White 2.2%
Mixed 1.7%
Other 1.2%
Unclassified 0.5%
African 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Bangladeshi 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
-0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 39%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.2
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.06
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award32
Health StudiesTechnical Award27
Sports StudiesTechnical Award76
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE67
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE181
English LiteratureGCSE179
FrenchGCSE97
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Woodham Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
215
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
217
2nd preference
87
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
213
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
219
100
119
Year 8
218
110
108
Year 9
231
120
111
Year 10
187
92
95
Year 11
183
100
83
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
81.3%
85.6%
Further education
38.0%
45.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
11.0%
32.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
30.0%
3.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.9%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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