Morecambe Bay Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 20 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
Lancashire
Unique reference
147115
Address
Dallam Avenue, LA4 5BG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1047 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
8%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.8%
Persistent absence
37.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.1%
Other White 7%
Unclassified 5.3%
Mixed 2.6%
African 0.8%
Other Asian 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.73
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 16%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.2
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.75
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award35
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award19
Health StudiesTechnical Award49
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award68
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE71
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE65
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Morecambe Bay Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
192
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
157
2nd preference
140
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
157
2nd preference
23
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
238
121
117
Year 8
204
107
97
Year 9
162
76
86
Year 10
161
77
84
Year 11
178
87
91
Year 12
45
18
27
Year 13
59
27
32
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
44.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
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
66.0%
64.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
22.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
9.0%
16.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

Nearby schools