Wyvern Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jun 20 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
- Darlington
- Unique reference
- 143845
- Address
- Eggleston View, DL3 9SH
- Website
- http://wyvernacademy.org/
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 466 (65% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 46.1%
- Girls
- 53.9%
- First language not English
- 8.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 43.1%
- Persistent absence
- 23.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 13.3%
White British 87.3%
Other White 3.2%
Other Asian 2.4%
Mixed 1.7%
Indian 1.7%
African 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Other 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.8
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.2
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 13%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 33%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 38.6
Local authority average 46.3
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.21
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 24 |
Engineering Studies | Technical Award | 9 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 16 |
Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 9 |
Arabic | GCSE | 2 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 11 |
Biology | GCSE | 17 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 17 |
Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 23 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 17 |
Admissions
Wyvern Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 99
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 96
- 2nd preference
- 18
- 3rd preference
- 24
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 96
- 2nd preference
- 2
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.2 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 97 41 56 |
Year 8 | 105 45 60 |
Year 9 | 86 42 44 |
Year 10 | 97 48 49 |
Year 11 | 81 39 42 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 77.0% 85.4% 86.5% |
Further education | 46.0% 33.0% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 7.0% 13.1% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 24.0% 39.1% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.2% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 7.0% 4.4% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 5.0% 4.3% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 9.0% 5.4% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 2.0% 0.5% 1.0% |