Manshead Church of England Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 16 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
1118 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
49.9%
Girls
50.1%
First language not English
17.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.2%
Persistent absence
31.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 64.8%
Other White 11.4%
Mixed 10.2%
African 3.4%
Other Asian 2.1%
Pakistani 1.9%
Caribbean 1.6%
Indian 1.4%
Unclassified 1.1%
Other 0.9%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.4
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.6
Local authority average 44.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.23
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award63
Sports StudiesTechnical Award45
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE21
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
BiologyGCSE34
Business Studies:SingleGCSE73
ChemistryGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE202
English LiteratureGCSE194
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Manshead Church of England Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
14
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
17
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
6
From another Local Authority
33
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
13
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
14
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 classes19.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
111
98
Year 8
206
103
103
Year 9
202
99
103
Year 10
184
105
79
Year 11
205
90
115
Year 12
73
35
38
Year 13
39
15
24
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
85.5%
85.6%
Further education
55.0%
35.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
24.0%
48.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
1.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
4.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
85.0%
61.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
33.0%
20.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
3.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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