Bluecoat Wollaton Academy

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Church of England
Address Sutton Passeys Crescent
Wollaton Park
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG8 1EA
Phone 01159007210
Reference Number 145146

General Makeup

Number of pupils 774
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.55%
Girls: 48.45%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 33.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 25.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 81 71 152
8 71 81 152
9 93 61 154
10 74 81 155
11 80 81 161

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 30%
African 17.7%
Pakistani 16.5%
Caribbean 5.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4.8%
White, Other 4.5%
Indian 3.2%
Mixed, Other 3.2%
Asian, Other 3%
White & Asian 2.5%
Chinese 1.8%
White & Black (African) 1.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2024-11-19
Date Description Report
2024-10-15 School inspection School inspection
2018-05-09 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 48.8% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 61.3% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 319 20
Third Preference 191 8
From another Local Authority 123 30

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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