The Giles Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 10 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
148185
Address
Church Lane, Old Leake, PE22 9LD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
832 (76% of total capacity)
Boys
46.3%
Girls
53.7%
First language not English
27.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
34%
Persistent absence
25.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 60.8%
Other White 24.9%
Unclassified 3.6%
Indian 3.1%
Mixed 2.6%
African 1.8%
Other Asian 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.6
Local authority average 45.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.17
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award46
Speech & DramaTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE36
Business Studies:SingleGCSE75
English LanguageGCSE151
English LiteratureGCSE151
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE48
FrenchGCSE16
GeographyGCSE104
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Giles Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
174
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
197
2nd preference
143
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
150
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
172
80
92
Year 8
177
69
108
Year 9
173
83
90
Year 10
157
85
72
Year 11
153
68
85
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
66.0%
40.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
16.0%
40.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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