The Holgate Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Requires improvement Jun 5 2024 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
- Nottinghamshire
- Unique reference
- 139956
- Address
- Hillcrest Drive, Hucknall, NG15 6PX
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1237 (79% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 52.5%
- Girls
- 47.5%
- First language not English
- 4.7%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 34%
- Persistent absence
- 34.3%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 17.5%
White British 78.7%
Unclassified 6.1%
Mixed 6%
African 3%
Other White 2.1%
Chinese 0.9%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -1.03
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.01
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 25%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 15%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 33.9
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 2.79
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Music Studies (General) | Technical Award | 9 |
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 38 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 11 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 62 |
Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 16 |
Biology | GCSE | 46 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 46 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 19 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 10 |
Admissions
The Holgate Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 233
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 159
- 2nd preference
- 114
- 3rd preference
- 22
- From another Local Authority
- 4
Offers
- 1st preference
- 159
- 2nd preference
- 39
- 3rd preference
- 3
- To another Local Authority
- 4
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.3 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 251 143 108 |
Year 8 | 227 104 123 |
Year 9 | 228 122 106 |
Year 10 | 216 120 96 |
Year 11 | 235 122 113 |
Year 12 | 30 18 12 |
Year 13 | 50 21 29 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 71.0% 83.4% 86.5% |
Further education | 48.0% 36.9% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 21.0% 41.3% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 1.0% 4.4% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.8% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 5.0% 4.4% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 11.0% 5.2% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 11.0% 6.1% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 3.0% 0.9% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 64.0% 66.8% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 14.0% 25.0% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 11.0% 22.7% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 0.0% 1.4% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 4.0% 2.5% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 4.0% 2.0% 1.7% |