North Leamington School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 25 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Warwickshire
Unique reference
142202
Address
Sandy Lane, Blackdown, CV32 6RD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1475 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
48.7%
Girls
51.3%
First language not English
12.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.2%
Persistent absence
15.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.7%
Other White 8.1%
Mixed 7.6%
Indian 5.6%
Chinese 1.8%
Other Asian 1.1%
African 0.7%
Pakistani 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 67%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.3
Local authority average 47.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.84
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award15
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award22
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
TourismTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE52
BiologyGCSE73
Business Studies:SingleGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE73
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

North Leamington School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
230
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
297
2nd preference
163
3rd preference
94
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
213
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
114
126
Year 8
239
108
131
Year 9
239
103
136
Year 10
241
126
115
Year 11
238
129
109
Year 12
147
73
74
Year 13
131
65
66
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
86.2%
85.5%
Further education
28.0%
33.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
61.0%
44.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
7.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
84.0%
59.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
20.9%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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