Manor Croft Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Kirklees
Unique reference
139076
Address
Old Bank Road, WF12 7DW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1038 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
18.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.3%
Persistent absence
28.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.2%
Pakistani 18.1%
Mixed 4%
Other White 3.9%
Indian 3.2%
Unclassified 2.2%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other 0.8%
African 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.38
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 61%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.1
Local authority average 46.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.35
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award33
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE33
ChemistryGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE172
English LiteratureGCSE169
FrenchGCSE60
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Manor Croft Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
204
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
239
2nd preference
96
3rd preference
67
From another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
201
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
210
95
115
Year 8
208
118
90
Year 9
211
114
97
Year 10
208
102
106
Year 11
201
102
99
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
85.8%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
29.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
10.0%
16.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
22.0%
39.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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