Yate Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 25 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
South Gloucestershire
Unique reference
145135
Address
Sundridge Park, BS37 4DX
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
801 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
13%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.6%
Persistent absence
25.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77%
Other White 7.5%
Mixed 6.5%
Chinese 2%
Other Asian 1.5%
Indian 1.4%
African 1.1%
Other 1%
Pakistani 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 66%
Local authority average 25%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.6
Local authority average 42.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.1
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award37
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award6
Sports StudiesTechnical Award38
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
ChineseGCSE2
English LanguageGCSE133
English LiteratureGCSE133
FrenchGCSE47
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Yate Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
142
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
139
2nd preference
83
3rd preference
44
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
139
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
71
78
Year 8
149
68
81
Year 9
144
75
69
Year 10
146
77
69
Year 11
137
74
63
Year 12
35
18
17
Year 13
41
14
27
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
81.9%
85.5%
Further education
35.0%
33.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
40.0%
36.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
11.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
7.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
53.0%
44.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
8.9%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.6%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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