Park Lane Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Oct 5 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Calderdale
Unique reference
143115
Address
Park Lane, Exley, HX3 9LG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
430 (71% of total capacity)
Boys
46.7%
Girls
53.3%
First language not English
13.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
55.3%
Persistent absence
45.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.4%
African 4.7%
Mixed 3.9%
Other White 3.7%
Pakistani 2.6%
Other 2.3%
Indian 2.1%
Other Asian 1.6%
Other Black 0.9%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 15%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 30.1
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.38
Local authority average 3.99
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award18
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
MultimediaTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE62
English LiteratureGCSE62
FrenchGCSE20
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Park Lane Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
111
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
75
2nd preference
51
3rd preference
27
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
75
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
116
54
62
Year 8
86
43
43
Year 9
73
42
31
Year 10
93
38
55
Year 11
62
24
38
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
84.9%
85.6%
Further education
58.0%
30.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
7.0%
32.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
6.0%
21.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
6.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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