The Grange Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Not available
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
147785
Address
London Road, WD23 3AA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
982 (74% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
24.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.3%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 47.4%
Other White 16.5%
Mixed 6.7%
Other Asian 6.1%
African 5.2%
Other 3.9%
Other Black 3.6%
Indian 3.3%
Unclassified 2.9%
Pakistani 2%
Caribbean 1.9%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.8
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.29
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
BiologyGCSE36
ChemistryGCSE36
Classical CivilisationGCSE40
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE69
Design & TechnologyGCSE41
English LanguageGCSE176
English LiteratureGCSE165
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE38
FrenchGCSE31
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Grange Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
252
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
53
2nd preference
69
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
53
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
105
72
Year 8
181
81
100
Year 9
151
75
76
Year 10
185
90
95
Year 11
167
82
85
Year 12
53
21
32
Year 13
68
38
30
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
42.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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