Brayton Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 13 2019 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
North Yorkshire
Unique reference
143138
Address
Doncaster Road, YO8 9QS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
894 (65% of total capacity)
Boys
51.5%
Girls
48.5%
First language not English
5.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.2%
Persistent absence
18.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.5%
Other White 5.3%
Mixed 1.8%
Unclassified 1.8%
African 0.9%
Other Asian 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.69
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.5
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.46
Local authority average 4.15
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE52
Business Studies:SingleGCSE36
ChemistryGCSE51
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE47
English LanguageGCSE149
English LiteratureGCSE144
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE36
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Brayton Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
228
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
183
2nd preference
201
3rd preference
48
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
183
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
226
116
110
Year 8
173
88
85
Year 9
169
96
73
Year 10
176
89
87
Year 11
150
71
79
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
83.8%
85.6%
Further education
80.0%
33.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
37.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
12.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
5.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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