Paignton Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jul 6 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Torbay
Unique reference
138863
Address
Waterleat Road, TQ3 3WA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1528 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
54.6%
Girls
45.4%
First language not English
5.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.4%
Persistent absence
37.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.9%
Mixed 3.1%
Other White 2.9%
Unclassified 2.2%
Other Asian 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
African 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 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
-0.3
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 20%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.9
Local authority average 47.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.07
Local authority average 4.07
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award52
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award10
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE50
English LanguageGCSE223
English LiteratureGCSE219
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE50
FrenchGCSE27
GeographyGCSE116
HistoryGCSE87
ItalianGCSE1
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Paignton Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
331
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
278
2nd preference
71
3rd preference
60
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
278
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
385
209
176
Year 8
327
179
148
Year 9
325
172
153
Year 10
266
144
122
Year 11
225
130
95
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
87.5%
85.6%
Further education
81.0%
45.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
5.0%
41.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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