John Port Spencer Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 17 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Derbyshire
Unique reference
145500
Address
Main Street, Etwall, DE65 6LU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1966 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
3.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.8%
Persistent absence
19.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.3%
Indian 6%
Mixed 5.5%
Other White 2.5%
Pakistani 1.6%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other Asian 1.3%
African 0.7%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.2
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 61%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.57
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE4
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
BiologyGCSE300
Business Studies:SingleGCSE83
ChemistryGCSE300
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE34
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE301
English LiteratureGCSE296
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE12
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

John Port Spencer Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
338
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
312
2nd preference
79
3rd preference
40
From another Local Authority
97
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
312
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
35
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 classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
370
187
183
Year 8
356
191
165
Year 9
328
145
183
Year 10
321
138
183
Year 11
298
145
153
Year 12
161
90
71
Year 13
132
65
67
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
82.6%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
39.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
52.0%
36.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
5.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
6.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
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
76.0%
63.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
21.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
29.0%
19.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.2%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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