Orchard Mead Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leicester
Unique reference
144629
Address
Keyham Lane West, LE5 1RT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1086 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
43.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.2%
Persistent absence
31.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.4%
Indian 19.5%
Mixed 10.3%
Other White 6.7%
African 5.7%
Other Asian 4%
Other 3.6%
Pakistani 2.9%
Other Black 0.9%
Caribbean 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.61
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.6
Local authority average 45.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.16
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award35
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE87
ChemistryGCSE25
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE46
Design & TechnologyGCSE44
DanceGCSE8
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Orchard Mead Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
208
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
148
2nd preference
51
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
148
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
11
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
96
112
Year 8
204
100
104
Year 9
207
114
93
Year 10
234
121
113
Year 11
233
120
113
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
86.1%
85.6%
Further education
35.0%
26.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
18.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
37.0%
40.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.2%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
8.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
4.0%
1.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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