John Smeaton Academy

General Info

Education Phase: Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating: Good May 1 2024 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: Leeds
Unique reference: 148793
Address: Barwick Road, LS15 8TA
Website: https://www.johnsmeatonacademy.org.uk/

Pupils

Number of Pupils: 604 (59% of total capacity)
Boys: 52.8%
Girls: 47.2%
First language not English: 8.1%
Free school meals (FSM): 45.2%
Persistent absence: 33.9%
Special education needs (SEN): 15.1%

Pupil ethnicities

White British 76.7%

Unclassified 9.1%

Mixed 3.9%

African 3.3%

Other White 1.7%

Other Asian 1.7%

Other 1.3%

Indian 1%

Irish 0.5%

Caribbean 0.3%

Gypsy/Roma 0.2%

Bangladeshi 0.2%

Other Black 0.2%

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

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school: -0.85
Local authority average, state-funded schools: 0.12
England average, state-funded schools: -0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%

Local authority average 42%

England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%

Local authority average 46%

England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.9

Local authority average 45.8

England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.92

Local authority average 4.03

England average 4.05

Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

Subject	Qualification	Number of entries
Music Studies (General)	Technical Award	23
Sports Studies	Technical Award	44
Health Studies	Technical Award	1
Arabic	GCSE	2
Art & Design (Fine Art)	GCSE	39
Biology	GCSE	4
Computer Studies/Computing	GCSE	25
Design & Technology	GCSE	21
Dance	GCSE	6
English Language	GCSE	143

Year 2022-2023

Admissions