Pakefield High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
146909
Address
London Road Pakefield, Pakefield, NR33 7AQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
687 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
54.1%
Girls
45.9%
First language not English
3.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
36%
Persistent absence
28.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.2%
Other White 4.4%
Mixed 3.1%
Unclassified 1.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
African 0.4%
Other 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.74
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.1
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.96
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award26
MultimediaTechnical Award48
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award5
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE68
BiologyGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE25
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE43
Design & TechnologyGCSE54
English LanguageGCSE154
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Pakefield High School

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
119
2nd preference
99
3rd preference
24
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
119
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
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 classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
157
91
66
Year 8
156
80
76
Year 9
118
55
63
Year 10
136
70
66
Year 11
120
76
44
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
76.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
41.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
10.0%
4.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.1%
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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