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
29.2%
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 %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and 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
Sports StudiesTechnical Award37
Health StudiesTechnical Award47
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE36
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE189
English LiteratureGCSE183
Year 2022-2023

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
87.0%
86.8%
86.5%
Further education
47.0%
35.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
32.0%
48.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
2.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
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
65.0%
55.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
13.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
14.0%
12.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
3.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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