Wellfield Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
150434
Address
Yewlands Drive, PR25 2TP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
524 (58% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
4.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.9%
Persistent absence
29.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.4%
Mixed 3.7%
Other White 2.9%
Other 1.7%
African 1.3%
Pakistani 1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Indian 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.7
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.27
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE60
English LiteratureGCSE57
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE26
GeographyGCSE34
HistoryGCSE35
MathematicsGCSE58
MusicGCSE1
PolishGCSE1
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Wellfield Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
127
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
65
2nd preference
63
3rd preference
118
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
65
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
19
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 classes22.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
114
60
54
Year 8
129
69
60
Year 9
143
74
69
Year 10
77
38
39
Year 11
61
26
35
Year 2024-2025

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