Waterhead Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Oct 18 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Oldham
Unique reference
144508
Address
Huddersfield Road, OL4 3NY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1128 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
48.5%
Girls
51.5%
First language not English
44.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
47.3%
Persistent absence
37.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 40.5%
Pakistani 29.2%
African 8.4%
Mixed 4.7%
Other Asian 4.4%
Other White 3.6%
Other 2.4%
Gypsy/Roma 2.2%
Other Black 1.8%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Chinese 0.8%
Indian 0.4%
Unclassified 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.75
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 18%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.1
Local authority average 43
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.84
Local authority average 3.69
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award34
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award11
Health StudiesTechnical Award54
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award100
TourismTechnical Award12
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE22
Art & DesignGCSE55
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Waterhead Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
150
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
96
2nd preference
66
3rd preference
41
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
95
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
7
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 classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
78
73
Year 8
207
90
117
Year 9
202
88
114
Year 10
282
152
130
Year 11
286
139
147
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
35.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
15.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
45.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
6.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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