Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 19 2019 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
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
138839
Address
Main Road, Welbourn, LN5 0PA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1028 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
2.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.5%
Persistent absence
26.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.9%
Other White 2.9%
Mixed 1.8%
Irish Traveller 1.3%
Unclassified 1.1%
Indian 0.4%
African 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 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
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 47%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.5
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.99
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award46
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE38
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE39
ChemistryGCSE39
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE158
English LiteratureGCSE158
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE41
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
152
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
194
2nd preference
159
3rd preference
149
From another Local Authority
95
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
12
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
180
99
81
Year 8
232
118
114
Year 9
172
83
89
Year 10
179
88
91
Year 11
156
83
73
Year 12
45
19
26
Year 13
64
37
27
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
44.0%
47.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.2%
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
69.0%
63.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
18.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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