Magna Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 22 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Unique reference
139711
Address
Ashdown Close, Adastral Road, Canford Heath, BH17 8RE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
960 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
54.3%
Girls
45.7%
First language not English
13.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.7%
Persistent absence
29.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.5%
Other White 11%
Mixed 4.7%
Unclassified 2%
African 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Other Asian 1.1%
Indian 1%
Chinese 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.8
Local authority average 50.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.47
Local authority average 4.43
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award51
MultimediaTechnical Award26
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award23
Speech & DramaTechnical Award21
Sports StudiesTechnical Award32
TourismTechnical Award22
Art & DesignGCSE19
BiologyGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Magna Academy

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
133
2nd preference
161
3rd preference
118
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
133
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
106
75
Year 8
179
99
80
Year 9
176
96
80
Year 10
176
96
80
Year 11
175
89
86
Year 12
45
21
24
Year 13
28
14
14
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
85.2%
85.6%
Further education
54.0%
39.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
27.0%
44.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
SUPP
65.4%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
SUPP
29.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
SUPP
1.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
SUPP
2.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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