Lodge Park Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 21 2023 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
North Northamptonshire
Unique reference
139060
Address
Shetland Way, NN17 2JH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
799 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
54.2%
Girls
45.8%
First language not English
29.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.3%
Persistent absence
34.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 56.8%
Other White 20.3%
African 8.5%
Unclassified 4.3%
Mixed 3.7%
Other Black 1.8%
Other 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Other Asian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.5
Local authority average 42.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.92
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE157
English LiteratureGCSE157
FrenchGCSE23
GeographyGCSE31
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Lodge Park Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
87
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
42
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
26
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
42
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes18.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
94
48
46
Year 8
145
87
58
Year 9
191
102
89
Year 10
165
84
81
Year 11
166
97
69
Year 12
13
5
8
Year 13
25
10
15
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
85.5%
85.5%
Further education
61.0%
44.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
18.0%
40.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
5.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
65.0%
70.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
20.8%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
1.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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