The Lacon Childe School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 11 2024 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
Shropshire
Unique reference
141451
Address
Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 8PE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
548 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
0.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.3%
Persistent absence
27.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90%
Unclassified 3.8%
Other White 3.3%
Mixed 1.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Other Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.3
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.5
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.8
Local authority average 3.79
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award34
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE49
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE9
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
English LanguageGCSE110
English LiteratureGCSE107
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE20
FrenchGCSE17
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Lacon Childe School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
108
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
111
2nd preference
47
3rd preference
19
From another Local Authority
51
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
104
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
22
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
120
65
55
Year 8
110
54
56
Year 9
115
68
47
Year 10
98
52
46
Year 11
105
44
61
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
81.7%
86.5%
Further education
53.0%
19.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
17.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
28.0%
43.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
6.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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