Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottingham
Unique reference
140984
Address
93 Abbey Street, Dunkirk, NG7 2PL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
906 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
59.8%
Girls
40.2%
First language not English
37%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.1%
Persistent absence
21.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 21%
Pakistani 17.9%
Mixed 13.9%
African 9.3%
Other White 8.5%
Other 6.8%
Other Asian 6.2%
Unclassified 4.5%
Indian 4.4%
Caribbean 2.6%
Chinese 1.7%
Other Black 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.23
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.7
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.11
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
BiologyGCSE117
Business Studies:SingleGCSE39
ChemistryGCSE117
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE50
Design & TechnologyGCSE8
English LanguageGCSE118
English LiteratureGCSE118
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE16
FrenchGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
120
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
169
2nd preference
123
3rd preference
118
From another Local Authority
61
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
104
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
11
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 classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
123
69
54
Year 8
117
67
50
Year 9
120
72
48
Year 10
125
67
58
Year 11
119
72
47
Year 12
158
110
48
Year 13
144
85
59
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
81.7%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
39.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
42.0%
29.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
13.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
8.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.2%
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
81.0%
65.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
42.0%
16.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
39.0%
14.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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