Cockburn John Charles Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 21 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leeds
Unique reference
145927
Address
Old Run Road, Old Run Rd, LS10 2JU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1210 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
48.2%
Girls
51.8%
First language not English
41.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
52.6%
Persistent absence
26.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.7%
African 18.6%
Pakistani 12.4%
Other White 8.6%
Mixed 6.9%
Bangladeshi 5.8%
Other Asian 2.5%
Other Black 2.1%
Gypsy/Roma 1.8%
Other 1.2%
Indian 0.8%
Caribbean 0.7%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.72
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.8
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.67
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award47
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award32
MultimediaTechnical Award215
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award40
Sports StudiesTechnical Award214
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE41
BiologyGCSE3
Design & TechnologyGCSE48
English LanguageGCSE229
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Cockburn John Charles Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
238
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
180
2nd preference
223
3rd preference
167
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
52
3rd preference
16
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 classes25.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
109
131
Year 8
234
111
123
Year 9
239
120
119
Year 10
255
122
133
Year 11
242
121
121
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
83.5%
85.6%
Further education
49.0%
33.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
22.0%
35.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
9.0%
13.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
15.0%
7.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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