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
828 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
2.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
20%
Persistent absence
24.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.7%
Unclassified 5.2%
Mixed 4.3%
Other White 2.4%
Other Black 1.3%
African 1%
Indian 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.03
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award25
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award19
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
Art & DesignGCSE30
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE32
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE35
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE8
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
162
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
150
2nd preference
100
3rd preference
108
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
150
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
93
84
Year 8
149
78
71
Year 9
134
71
63
Year 10
128
70
58
Year 11
153
78
75
Year 12
49
23
26
Year 13
38
14
24
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
83.4%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
43.0%
41.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
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
74.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
25.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
15.0%
22.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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