Outwood Academy Hemsworth

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Oct 12 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
Wakefield
Unique reference
145938
Address
Wakefield Road, WF9 4AB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1095 (65% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
4.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.8%
Persistent absence
35.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.6%
Other White 3.7%
Mixed 3.6%
Unclassified 2.3%
African 1.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 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
-0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.7
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.44
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award18
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award23
Speech & DramaTechnical Award24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE24
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE179
English LiteratureGCSE177
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Outwood Academy Hemsworth

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
194
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
167
2nd preference
98
3rd preference
23
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
167
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
226
113
113
Year 8
234
114
120
Year 9
229
113
116
Year 10
178
103
75
Year 11
173
78
95
Year 12
28
17
11
Year 13
27
9
18
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
82.3%
86.5%
Further education
49.0%
36.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
29.0%
13.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
31.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
7.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
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
64.0%
55.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
5.0%
14.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
12.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
6.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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