Outwood Academy Shafton

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 27 2023 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
Barnsley
Unique reference
139211
Address
Engine Lane, Shafton, S72 8RE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1382 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
4.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.9%
Persistent absence
34.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.9%
Other White 3.1%
Mixed 2.2%
Unclassified 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
African 0.4%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.61
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.2
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.47
Local authority average 3.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
MultimediaTechnical Award22
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award23
Speech & DramaTechnical Award21
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award46
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE72
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE36
BiologyGCSE43
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Outwood Academy Shafton

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
263
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
292
2nd preference
50
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
254
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
1
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 classes25.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
298
151
147
Year 8
295
153
142
Year 9
268
123
145
Year 10
261
150
111
Year 11
260
128
132
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
81.1%
86.5%
Further education
74.0%
69.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
7.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
4.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
6.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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