Colonel Frank Seely Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 17 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
144182
Address
Flatts Lane, Calverton, NG14 6JZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
859 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
3.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.7%
Persistent absence
20.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.7%
Unclassified 5.4%
Mixed 4.1%
Other White 2.4%
Other Black 1.2%
African 0.9%
Indian 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 57%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.7
Local authority average 46.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.45
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE30
BiologyGCSE34
Business Studies:SingleGCSE36
ChemistryGCSE33
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE123
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
174
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
173
2nd preference
124
3rd preference
90
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
169
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
165
93
72
Year 8
178
99
79
Year 9
147
72
75
Year 10
137
74
63
Year 11
123
67
56
Year 12
63
30
33
Year 13
46
20
26
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
83.7%
85.5%
Further education
42.0%
42.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
39.0%
36.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
4.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
73.0%
62.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
22.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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