Manshead Church of England Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 15 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Unique reference
144342
Address
Dunstable Road, Caddington, LU1 4BB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1146 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
19.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.6%
Persistent absence
28.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 62.4%
Other White 14.1%
Mixed 9.3%
African 3.8%
Other Asian 2.4%
Indian 1.8%
Pakistani 1.7%
Caribbean 1.4%
Other 1.1%
Unclassified 1%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 28%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.9
Local authority average 43.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.64
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award37
Sports StudiesTechnical Award49
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE68
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE177
English LiteratureGCSE173
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Manshead Church of England Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
20
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
11
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
12
From another Local Authority
31
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
11
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
20
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 classes21.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
210
114
96
Year 8
200
102
98
Year 9
200
98
102
Year 10
204
96
108
Year 11
180
103
77
Year 12
84
43
41
Year 13
68
32
36
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
87.5%
85.5%
Further education
55.0%
40.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
34.0%
44.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
1.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.0%
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
71.0%
57.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
14.1%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
8.0%
3.9%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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