Laurence Jackson School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 19 2024 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
Redcar and Cleveland
Unique reference
147724
Address
Church Lane, TS14 6RD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1239 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
0.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.6%
Persistent absence
19.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 96.7%
Mixed 2.1%
Other White 0.5%
Unclassified 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.33
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.8
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.81
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award17
Sports StudiesTechnical Award36
Art & DesignGCSE64
BiologyGCSE83
Business Studies:SingleGCSE79
ChemistryGCSE72
English LanguageGCSE238
English LiteratureGCSE239
FrenchGCSE37
GeographyGCSE114
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Laurence Jackson School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
246
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
228
2nd preference
62
3rd preference
43
From another Local Authority
20
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
227
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes24.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
277
146
131
Year 8
250
125
125
Year 9
246
120
126
Year 10
225
120
105
Year 11
241
129
112
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
83.8%
85.6%
Further education
51.0%
50.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
2.0%
7.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
27.0%
25.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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