Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 28 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
Essex
Unique reference
138734
Address
Bury Water Lane, Newport, CB11 3TR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
995 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
55.8%
Girls
44.2%
First language not English
4.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
11%
Persistent absence
19.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.6%
Other White 4.9%
Mixed 3.6%
Unclassified 1.6%
Other Asian 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.6
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.41
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE50
BiologyGCSE52
Business Studies:SingleGCSE66
ChemistryGCSE52
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE41
English LanguageGCSE159
English LiteratureGCSE152
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE32
FrenchGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
176
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
102
2nd preference
249
3rd preference
60
From another Local Authority
24
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
102
2nd preference
56
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
13
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 classes25.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
102
77
Year 8
197
138
59
Year 9
206
92
114
Year 10
183
98
85
Year 11
168
89
79
Year 12
32
19
13
Year 13
30
17
13
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
11.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
26.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
66.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
20.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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