Wollaston School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 16 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Unique reference
146489
Address
Irchester Road, Wollaston, NN29 7PH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1430 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
3.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.7%
Persistent absence
21.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.4%
Mixed 6.5%
Other White 2.9%
Indian 0.6%
African 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Unclassified 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.2
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.77
Local authority average 3.9
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award37
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award53
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE39
Art & Design (Critical Studies)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE65
ChemistryGCSE65
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE32
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wollaston School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
234
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
239
2nd preference
105
3rd preference
79
From another Local Authority
63
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
211
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
36
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 classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
249
148
101
Year 8
239
115
124
Year 9
237
112
125
Year 10
231
122
109
Year 11
242
117
125
Year 12
112
55
57
Year 13
120
52
68
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
83.7%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
38.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
43.0%
44.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
6.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
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
68.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
9.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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