Oak Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- School rating
- Requires improvement Nov 19 2024 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
- 647 (60% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 49.9%
- Girls
- 50.1%
- First language not English
- 17.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 44.4%
- Persistent absence
- 26.4%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 17.8%
White British 69.1%
Other White 8.7%
African 6.5%
Mixed 4.6%
Other Asian 3.1%
Indian 2.2%
Other 1.7%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other Black 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 28%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 14%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 32.3
Local authority average 50.5
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 2.74
Local authority average 4.54
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Dance: General | Technical Award | 7 |
| Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 6 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 14 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 26 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 14 |
| English Language | GCSE | 83 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 81 |
| Geography | GCSE | 20 |
| History | GCSE | 48 |
| Italian | GCSE | 1 |
Admissions
Oak Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 138
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 82
- 2nd preference
- 55
- 3rd preference
- 38
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 82
- 2nd preference
- 15
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.1 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 162 86 76 |
| Year 8 | 172 84 88 |
| Year 9 | 139 72 67 |
| Year 10 | 86 45 41 |
| Year 11 | 88 36 52 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 69.0% 86.8% 85.5% |
Further education | 53.0% 39.3% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 12.0% 46.2% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 1.0% 0.3% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 2.0% 1.0% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 4.0% 2.7% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 4.0% 3.7% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 20.0% 4.9% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 4.0% 1.9% 3.0% |