Wyvern Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 21 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

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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award24
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award9
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE17
ChemistryGCSE17
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wyvern Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
99
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
96
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
24
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
96
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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