Spalding Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 5 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
144488
Address
Neville Avenue, PE11 2EJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1420 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.5%
Girls
48.5%
First language not English
30.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.8%
Persistent absence
23.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.6%
Other White 27.4%
Mixed 2.5%
Unclassified 2.2%
Indian 1%
African 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.67
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.3
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.52
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award149
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award84
Health StudiesTechnical Award77
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award39
Speech & DramaTechnical Award43
TourismTechnical Award52
Art & DesignGCSE8
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE49
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE42
English LanguageGCSE259
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Spalding Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
298
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
273
2nd preference
180
3rd preference
51
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
249
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes23.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
310
161
149
Year 8
300
144
156
Year 9
271
143
128
Year 10
271
130
141
Year 11
268
153
115
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
86.6%
85.6%
Further education
63.0%
39.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
19.0%
43.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.0%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.3%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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