The Dukeries Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 12 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
139062
Address
Whinney Lane, New Ollerton, NG22 9TD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
762 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
45.7%
Girls
54.3%
First language not English
2.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
40%
Persistent absence
28.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.3%
Other White 2.8%
Mixed 1.1%
African 1%
Unclassified 0.8%
Irish 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 20%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.5
Local authority average 46.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.86
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award44
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
BiologyGCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE124
English LiteratureGCSE124
GeographyGCSE66
HistoryGCSE49
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Dukeries Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
137
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
131
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
22
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
131
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
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 classes21.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
71
78
Year 8
158
72
86
Year 9
153
73
80
Year 10
145
67
78
Year 11
124
57
67
Year 13
33
8
25
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
83.7%
85.5%
Further education
47.0%
42.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
29.0%
36.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
5.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
6.0%
2.7%
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
58.0%
62.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
22.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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