Oak Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 18 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Unique reference
139037
Address
Duck Lane, BH11 9JJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
596 (52% of total capacity)
Boys
48.3%
Girls
51.7%
First language not English
14.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
41.9%
Persistent absence
34.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.3%
Other White 9.1%
African 6.7%
Mixed 5.2%
Other Asian 3.7%
Unclassified 1.5%
Indian 1.3%
Other Black 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.95
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 30.8
Local authority average 50.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.46
Local authority average 4.43
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award4
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award11
TourismTechnical Award1
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE7
Business Studies:SingleGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE5
ChineseGCSE1
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Oak Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
54
2nd preference
48
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
54
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
167
80
87
Year 8
150
77
73
Year 9
92
47
45
Year 10
93
36
57
Year 11
94
48
46
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
85.2%
85.6%
Further education
66.0%
39.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
7.0%
44.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
4.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
9.0%
5.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
4.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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