The Gainsborough Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Sept 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
145954
Address
Sweyn Lane, DN21 1PB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
690 (56% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
4.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
58.3%
Persistent absence
37.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
26.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.7%
Unclassified 4.1%
Other White 3.3%
Mixed 2.5%
African 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 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
-0.39
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 75%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 18%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.8
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.15
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award29
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
English LanguageGCSE125
English LiteratureGCSE122
FrenchGCSE24
GeographyGCSE51
Modern GreekGCSE1
HistoryGCSE80
MathematicsGCSE125
PolishGCSE2
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Gainsborough Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
124
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
96
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
16
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
96
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
3
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 classes20.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
167
91
76
Year 8
144
69
75
Year 9
149
80
69
Year 10
124
63
61
Year 11
106
46
60
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
59.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
47.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
16.0%
2.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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