Newcastle Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 7 2023 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
Staffordshire
Unique reference
142277
Address
Gallowstree Lane, The Westlands, ST5 2QS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
412 (57% of total capacity)
Boys
52.7%
Girls
47.3%
First language not English
6.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.6%
Persistent absence
38.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.6%
African 2.4%
Mixed 1.9%
Other White 1.7%
Other Asian 1.5%
Other 1.2%
Caribbean 1%
Chinese 0.7%
Indian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.92
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 13%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.2
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.54
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award36
Health StudiesTechnical Award18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE22
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE74
English LiteratureGCSE74
FrenchGCSE12
GeographyGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Newcastle Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
99
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
61
2nd preference
65
3rd preference
34
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
61
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes24.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
89
47
42
Year 8
81
45
36
Year 9
85
42
43
Year 10
87
45
42
Year 11
70
38
32
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
71.0%
83.9%
86.5%
Further education
68.0%
40.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
38.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
3.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
16.0%
5.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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