Outwood Academy City

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 7 2019 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
Sheffield
Unique reference
140415
Address
Stradbroke Road, S13 8SS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1186 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
10.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
42.9%
Persistent absence
29.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.8%
Mixed 9.6%
African 6.7%
Other White 2.7%
Unclassified 2.3%
Pakistani 1.7%
Other Asian 1.5%
Other 1.5%
Other Black 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
Caribbean 0.7%
Indian 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.47
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.4
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.71
Local authority average 3.85
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award26
Art & DesignGCSE84
BiologyGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE46
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE212
English LiteratureGCSE210
GeographyGCSE95
GermanGCSE1
HistoryGCSE100
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Outwood Academy City

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
240
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
215
2nd preference
100
3rd preference
79
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
215
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
4
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 classes25.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
259
148
111
Year 8
237
113
124
Year 9
226
115
111
Year 10
234
113
121
Year 11
230
123
107
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
69.0%
84.2%
86.5%
Further education
55.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
13.0%
37.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
8.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
9.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
6.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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