Bluecoat Beechdale Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 12 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
Nottingham
Unique reference
140369
Address
Harvey Road, Bilborough, NG8 3GP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
901 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
54.1%
Girls
45.9%
First language not English
16.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
62.6%
Persistent absence
34.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
29.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 58%
Mixed 11.9%
African 7%
Pakistani 6.2%
Other White 5.3%
Caribbean 3.1%
Other Asian 2.7%
Indian 1.7%
Other Black 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Other 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.65
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.23
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 18%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.7
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.83
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award44
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
BiologyGCSE109
ChemistryGCSE109
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE172
English LiteratureGCSE171
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Bluecoat Beechdale Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
179
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
171
2nd preference
91
3rd preference
83
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
153
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
185
108
77
Year 8
183
105
78
Year 9
176
87
89
Year 10
181
99
82
Year 11
176
88
88
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
81.9%
85.6%
Further education
47.0%
41.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
12.0%
26.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
17.0%
14.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
8.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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