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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award9
Sports StudiesTechnical Award38
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE62
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE46
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE10
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Holgate Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
233
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
159
2nd preference
114
3rd preference
22
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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