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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award14
Speech & DramaTechnical Award20
Art & DesignGCSE18
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE10
BiologyGCSE20
Business Studies:SingleGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE169
English LiteratureGCSE168
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Oulton Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
217
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
149
2nd preference
164
3rd preference
86
From another Local Authority
35
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
9
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 classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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