The Winstanley School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 13 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Leicestershire
Unique reference
143844
Address
Kingsway North, Braunstone Town, LE3 3BD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
628 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
20.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
39%
Persistent absence
32.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 61.1%
Other White 12.3%
Mixed 9.3%
Indian 5.6%
African 4.5%
Unclassified 2.2%
Other 2.1%
Pakistani 1.1%
Other Asian 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.91
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 39%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 30.5
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.67
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE35
BiologyGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE55
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE114
English LiteratureGCSE108
FrenchGCSE18
GeographyGCSE60
HistoryGCSE37
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Winstanley School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
127
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
122
2nd preference
52
3rd preference
46
From another Local Authority
101
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
122
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
75
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 classes20.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
128
63
65
Year 8
136
70
66
Year 9
123
64
59
Year 10
115
61
54
Year 11
126
67
59
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
85.3%
86.5%
Further education
51.0%
39.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
5.0%
34.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
22.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
4.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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