Academy@Worden

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 9 2020 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
Lancashire
Unique reference
139290
Address
Redwood Avenue, PR25 1RP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
574 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
3.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.7%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.6%
Other White 3%
Mixed 2.9%
Pakistani 1.7%
Chinese 1.2%
Other Asian 1%
African 1%
Other Black 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.39
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.3
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.51
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE14
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE97
English LiteratureGCSE96
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE29
FrenchGCSE37
GeographyGCSE27
HistoryGCSE51
MathematicsGCSE97
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Academy@Worden

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
155
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
126
2nd preference
150
3rd preference
115
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
126
2nd preference
25
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 classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
141
68
73
Year 8
131
64
67
Year 9
97
46
51
Year 10
107
58
49
Year 11
98
53
45
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
71.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
66.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
2.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
3.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
5.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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