Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 29 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Stockton-on-Tees
Unique reference
143146
Address
Harrowgate Lane, Bishopsgarth, TS19 8TF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
601 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
3.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
51.1%
Persistent absence
48.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.2%
African 4.5%
Mixed 2.8%
Other White 1%
Indian 1%
Other Asian 1%
Unclassified 1%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 15%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 28.2
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.34
Local authority average 4
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award20
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award3
Art & DesignGCSE32
BiologyGCSE8
ChemistryGCSE8
English LanguageGCSE72
English LiteratureGCSE71
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE1
GeographyGCSE23
GermanGCSE10
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
159
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
63
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
21
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
63
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes20.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
125
56
69
Year 8
129
70
59
Year 9
136
70
66
Year 10
105
63
42
Year 11
106
51
55
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
82.3%
86.5%
Further education
56.0%
52.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
14.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
19.0%
14.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
18.0%
7.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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