The Wells Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 24 2023 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
147456
Address
Ransom Drive, NG3 5LR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
702 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
38.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.9%
Persistent absence
32.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 26.2%
Mixed 16.3%
African 13.1%
Unclassified 9.7%
Other White 9.4%
Other 6.6%
Pakistani 5.8%
Other Asian 3.6%
Caribbean 2.7%
Other Black 2.1%
Chinese 1.6%
Indian 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 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 35%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.5
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.33
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award23
BiologyGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE130
English LiteratureGCSE128
FrenchGCSE18
GeographyGCSE27
HistoryGCSE81
ItalianGCSE3
MathematicsGCSE131
PersianGCSE7
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Wells Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
111
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
70
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
16
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
70
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
5
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 classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
135
60
75
Year 8
151
74
77
Year 9
131
64
67
Year 10
145
74
71
Year 11
140
91
49
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
81.9%
85.6%
Further education
52.0%
41.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
22.0%
26.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
7.0%
14.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
8.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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