Magnus Church of England Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 30 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
140549
Address
Earp Avenue, NG24 4AB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
754 (71% of total capacity)
Boys
54.1%
Girls
45.9%
First language not English
15.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
45%
Persistent absence
38.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.1%
Other White 13.7%
Mixed 5.8%
Unclassified 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
Indian 0.9%
African 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Caribbean 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
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
-0.51
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.9
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.97
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award26
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award26
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE122
English LiteratureGCSE119
FrenchGCSE8
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Magnus Church of England Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
132
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
127
2nd preference
51
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
127
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
1
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 classes19.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
84
65
Year 8
129
77
52
Year 9
152
76
76
Year 10
127
69
58
Year 11
116
64
52
Year 12
57
25
32
Year 13
24
13
11
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
37.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
33.0%
41.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
6.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
6.0%
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
45.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
5.0%
25.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
22.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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