Countesthorpe Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jul 6 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Leicestershire
Unique reference
147902
Address
Winchester Road, LE8 5PR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1246 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
5.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
18%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82%
Mixed 5.7%
Unclassified 3.1%
Other White 2.6%
Indian 2.2%
African 1.9%
Other Asian 1.3%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.53
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.2
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.4
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award47
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE68
Business Studies:SingleGCSE113
ChemistryGCSE68
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
English LanguageGCSE239
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Countesthorpe Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
197
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
187
2nd preference
62
3rd preference
70
From another Local Authority
68
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
187
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
35
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 classes25
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
214
111
103
Year 8
218
105
113
Year 9
160
77
83
Year 10
204
113
91
Year 11
223
127
96
Year 12
114
45
69
Year 13
113
48
65
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
85.3%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
39.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
36.0%
34.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
11.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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