Broadlands 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
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Unique reference
138985
Address
St Francis Road, Keynsham, BS31 2DY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
452 (46% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
6.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
35%
Persistent absence
31.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
24.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.5%
Unclassified 8%
Mixed 5.7%
Other White 4.6%
African 1.8%
Indian 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 51%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.5
Local authority average 49.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.61
Local authority average 4.38
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award46
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE18
ChemistryGCSE17
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Broadlands Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
86
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
57
2nd preference
94
3rd preference
44
From another Local Authority
100
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
57
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
29
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 classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
77
45
32
Year 8
101
57
44
Year 9
89
46
43
Year 10
56
25
31
Year 11
129
61
68
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
24.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
8.0%
54.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
23.0%
7.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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