Farnborough Spencer Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Nottingham
Unique reference
146564
Address
Farnborough Road, Clifton, NG11 8JW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
940 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
11.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.4%
Persistent absence
28.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.7%
Mixed 7.7%
African 4.4%
Other White 3.7%
Indian 3.4%
Unclassified 2.7%
Other Asian 1.8%
Other 1%
Chinese 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.64
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.23
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.1
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.95
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award28
TourismTechnical Award18
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award27
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE43
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE146
English LiteratureGCSE143
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Farnborough Spencer Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
203
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
183
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
16
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
183
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
2
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 classes23.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
204
102
102
Year 8
199
104
95
Year 9
206
93
113
Year 10
174
84
90
Year 11
157
74
83
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
67.0%
81.7%
86.5%
Further education
59.0%
39.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
29.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
13.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
14.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
16.0%
8.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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