South Bank University Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Southwark
Unique reference
140221
Address
Trafalgar Street, SE17 2TP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
569 (73% of total capacity)
Boys
67.3%
Girls
32.7%
First language not English
38.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.2%
Persistent absence
29.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.1%
Pupil ethnicities
African 28.1%
Mixed 18.2%
Caribbean 12%
Other 12%
Other White 9.8%
White British 7%
Other Black 4.9%
Unclassified 3.7%
Bangladeshi 2.1%
Other Asian 1.1%
Pakistani 0.7%
Indian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.38
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 70%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.1
Local authority average 51.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.36
Local authority average 4.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE10
BiologyGCSE123
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE122
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE33
Design & TechnologyGCSE9
DanceGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE122
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

South Bank University Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
41
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
20
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
56
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
20
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
4
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 classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
65
37
28
Year 8
91
59
32
Year 9
78
53
25
Year 10
117
88
29
Year 11
131
80
51
Year 12
31
23
8
Year 13
56
43
13
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
93.0%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
21.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
49.0%
59.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
14.0%
11.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
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
71.0%
83.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
34.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
32.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
12.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020