The Snaith School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 5 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
East Riding of Yorkshire
Unique reference
140866
Address
Pontefract Road, Snaith, DN14 9LB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
788 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
52.4%
Girls
47.6%
First language not English
4.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.2%
Persistent absence
16.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.1%
Other White 4.6%
Mixed 2.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Indian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 43%
Local authority average 38%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.2
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.05
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE24
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE169
English LiteratureGCSE169
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE31
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Snaith School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
168
2nd preference
59
3rd preference
15
From another Local Authority
118
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
167
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
89
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
168
80
88
Year 8
127
68
59
Year 9
173
96
77
Year 10
151
78
73
Year 11
169
91
78
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
83.0%
85.5%
Further education
51.0%
34.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
24.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
32.0%
22.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
6.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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