Oulton Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Mar 7 2024 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Unique reference
- 148527
- Address
- Pennington Lane, Oulton, LS26 8EX
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1053 (79% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.3%
- Girls
- 49.7%
- First language not English
- 5.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 34.5%
- Persistent absence
- 30.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 15.1%
White British 85.1%
Mixed 5.5%
Other White 2.6%
African 2.6%
Unclassified 1.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Other 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.52
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.12
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 16%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 56%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 51
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.33
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 14 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 20 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 18 |
Art & Design (3d Studies) | GCSE | 10 |
Biology | GCSE | 20 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 23 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 19 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 22 |
English Language | GCSE | 169 |
English Literature | GCSE | 168 |
Admissions
Oulton Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 217
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 149
- 2nd preference
- 164
- 3rd preference
- 86
- From another Local Authority
- 35
Offers
- 1st preference
- 149
- 2nd preference
- 23
- 3rd preference
- 6
- To another Local Authority
- 9
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.7 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 208 106 102 |
Year 8 | 223 112 111 |
Year 9 | 208 105 103 |
Year 10 | 210 106 104 |
Year 11 | 204 101 103 |