Christ The King Voluntary Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 10 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
138810
Address
Darlton Drive, Arnold, NG5 7JZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
845 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
23%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.4%
Persistent absence
20.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 47.1%
Mixed 12.9%
African 10.8%
Other White 10.7%
Indian 4.9%
Other Black 4%
Other Asian 3.2%
Caribbean 3%
Other 1.5%
Irish 1.1%
Chinese 0.8%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.9
Local authority average 46.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.13
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE32
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE149
English LiteratureGCSE148
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Christ The King Voluntary Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
151
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
108
2nd preference
117
3rd preference
135
From another Local Authority
103
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
108
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
49
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
154
65
89
Year 8
154
83
71
Year 9
154
79
75
Year 10
153
80
73
Year 11
156
83
73
Year 12
43
25
18
Year 13
31
8
23
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
83.7%
85.5%
Further education
45.0%
42.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
31.0%
36.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
16.0%
4.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
75.0%
62.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
22.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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