Huxlow Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
No rating
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
North Northamptonshire
Unique reference
149433
Address
Finedon Road, NN9 5TY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
854 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
6.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.7%
Persistent absence
21.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.1%
Other White 6%
Mixed 5.1%
Indian 0.9%
African 0.9%
Other Black 0.9%
Irish 0.6%
Other Asian 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.32
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.1
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.53
Local authority average 3.9
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award50
Health StudiesTechnical Award14
TourismTechnical Award23
Art & DesignGCSE20
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE55
Business Studies:SingleGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE55
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE32
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Huxlow Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
125
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
109
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
109
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes23.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
140
77
63
Year 8
147
80
67
Year 9
151
71
80
Year 10
156
93
63
Year 11
171
86
85
Year 12
43
20
23
Year 13
46
24
22
Year 2023-2024

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