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
987 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
54.4%
Girls
45.6%
First language not English
27.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.7%
Persistent absence
38.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 60.4%
Other White 20.9%
African 6.2%
Unclassified 4.2%
Mixed 2.9%
Other 1.3%
Indian 0.9%
Caribbean 0.9%
Other Black 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.6
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.8
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.08
Local authority average 3.9
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award41
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
Art & Design (Critical Studies)GCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE6
BiologyGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE188
English LiteratureGCSE185
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Lodge Park Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
62
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
47
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
34
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
47
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
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
95
72
Year 8
208
112
96
Year 9
173
88
85
Year 10
175
105
70
Year 11
200
112
88
Year 12
29
11
18
Year 13
35
14
21
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
83.7%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
38.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
44.0%
44.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
9.0%
6.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
56.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
4.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
7.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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