The Pingle Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 13 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Derbyshire
Unique reference
144069
Address
Coronation Street, DE11 0QA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1419 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.4%
Girls
48.6%
First language not English
2.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.4%
Persistent absence
27.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.2%
Other White 3.3%
Mixed 2.3%
Unclassified 1.8%
African 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.4
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.57
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award25
Sports StudiesTechnical Award37
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award41
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE226
English LiteratureGCSE222
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Pingle Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
218
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
256
2nd preference
140
3rd preference
30
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
213
2nd preference
5
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
237
130
107
Year 8
230
120
110
Year 9
225
114
111
Year 10
229
132
97
Year 11
266
136
130
Year 12
115
46
69
Year 13
117
51
66
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
82.6%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
39.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
41.0%
36.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
5.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
6.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
62.0%
63.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
21.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
14.0%
19.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.2%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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