Robert Barclay Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
143131
Address
Cock Lane, EN11 8JY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
758 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
7%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.2%
Persistent absence
18.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.6%
Mixed 8.2%
Other White 6.7%
Other 4.1%
Other Asian 1.5%
African 1.2%
Unclassified 1.2%
Caribbean 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.9
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.75
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
DanceGCSE9
English LanguageGCSE106
English LiteratureGCSE105
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
FrenchGCSE8
GeographyGCSE39
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Robert Barclay Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
139
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
169
2nd preference
166
3rd preference
84
From another Local Authority
45
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
120
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
14
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 classes20.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
82
69
Year 8
148
66
82
Year 9
139
77
62
Year 10
110
67
43
Year 11
112
53
59
Year 12
58
30
28
Year 13
40
20
20
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
44.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
35.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
12.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
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
67.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
4.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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