Wingfield Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 9 2022 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
Rotherham
Unique reference
139992
Address
Wingfield Road, S61 4AU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
994 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
55.3%
Girls
44.7%
First language not English
4.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.9%
Persistent absence
26.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.9%
Mixed 4.3%
Other White 2%
African 1.4%
Unclassified 1.4%
Pakistani 1.1%
Chinese 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Indian 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.68
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.15
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.6
Local authority average 43.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.25
Local authority average 3.59
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award80
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award12
Health StudiesTechnical Award33
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE44
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE44
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE181
English LiteratureGCSE180
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wingfield Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
195
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
219
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
14
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
193
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
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 classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
207
121
86
Year 8
199
105
94
Year 9
210
114
96
Year 10
208
117
91
Year 11
170
93
77
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
79.0%
86.5%
Further education
57.0%
31.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
28.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
19.0%
18.8%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
9.0%
6.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
5.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
8.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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