Morecambe Bay Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 21 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
47.0%
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 %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 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
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award33
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award15
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award16
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE65
BiologyGCSE38
Business Studies:SingleGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE38
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Year 2023-2024

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
81.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
43.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
35.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
2.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
5.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
58.0%
62.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
22.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
3.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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