Downham Market Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 26 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
Norfolk
Unique reference
145196
Address
Bexwell Road, PE38 9LL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1291 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
48.3%
Girls
51.7%
First language not English
5.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.5%
Persistent absence
26.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.9%
Other White 5%
Mixed 2.6%
Other Asian 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
African 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.5
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.56
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award14
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)11
Ancient HistoryGCSE20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE7
ChemistryGCSE7
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE174
English LiteratureGCSE170
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Downham Market Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
256
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
314
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
17
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
255
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
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 classes19.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
269
110
159
Year 8
265
151
114
Year 9
249
117
132
Year 10
215
100
115
Year 11
200
100
100
Year 12
50
27
23
Year 13
43
19
24
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
49.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
28.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
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
54.0%
53.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
12.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
10.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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