Lakelands Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 18 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
Shropshire
Unique reference
139102
Address
Oswestry Road, SY12 0EA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
576 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
5%
Free school meals (FSM)
20%
Persistent absence
24.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.6%
Other White 6.1%
Mixed 1.7%
Unclassified 1.2%
Chinese 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.3
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 51%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.6
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.79
Local authority average 3.79
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award14
Sports StudiesTechnical Award28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE96
English LiteratureGCSE86
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Lakelands Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
114
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
126
2nd preference
86
3rd preference
33
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
112
2nd preference
1
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
121
66
55
Year 8
116
58
58
Year 9
120
62
58
Year 10
113
61
52
Year 11
106
50
56
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
81.7%
86.5%
Further education
22.0%
19.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
5.0%
17.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
44.0%
43.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
6.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
5.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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