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
581 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
54.2%
Girls
45.8%
First language not English
5.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.7%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.3%
Other White 5.5%
Mixed 1.7%
Unclassified 1%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43
Local authority average 42.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.92
Local authority average 3.7
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award53
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE19
Business Studies:SingleGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE10
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE106
English LiteratureGCSE104
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE33
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Lakelands Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
111
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
110
2nd preference
83
3rd preference
23
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
110
2nd preference
1
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 classes22.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
123
67
56
Year 8
120
67
53
Year 9
115
59
56
Year 10
117
64
53
Year 11
106
58
48
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
80.2%
85.5%
Further education
14.0%
19.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
8.0%
14.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
48.0%
45.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
5.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
8.0%
3.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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