Appleton Academy

Type Other schools
Age Range 3-16
Religion Unknown
Address Woodside Road
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD12 8AL
Phone 01274600550
Reference Number 145173

Description

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Appleton Academy is a mixed all-through educational institution that caters to pupils between the ages of 3 and 16, providing a seamless learning journey from nursery through secondary school. Located in Wyke of Bradford, West Yorkshire, the school occupies an address of Woodside Road, BD12 8AL. Founded in 2009, Appleton Academy started as a merger between Wyke Manor School and High Fernley Primary School and then moved into new buildings in 2012. The academy operates under the sponsorship of Exceed Academies Trust, a local authority, and is also recognized by the Department for Education with a URN of 145173. Appleton Academy's principal is Ms. Helen Jones, and the school offers programs of study including GCSEs and BTECs.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1237
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.55%
Girls: 47.45%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
1 43
2 54
3 58
4 41
5 46
6 58
7 191
8 177
9 172
10 174
11 159

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-01-18
Date Description Report
2021-11-03 School inspection: School 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)
38.4 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 24% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 44% Upgrade Upgrade

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)
-0.55 Upgrade Upgrade

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:

GCSE Results

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.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 59% Upgrade Upgrade
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5% Upgrade Upgrade

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104 Upgrade Upgrade
Maths 104 Upgrade Upgrade

Progress Scores

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.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.8 Upgrade Upgrade
Writing -0.2 Upgrade Upgrade
Maths -0.2 Upgrade Upgrade

How many students meet the standards

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Progress Scores

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.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 13 3
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 3 2

Previous Years

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 89 15
Third Preference 66 4
From another Local Authority 7 2

Previous Years

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