The Maelor School
Estyn: Not in follow-up
Score
C56
- Type
- Welsh establishment
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wrexham, LL13 0LU
- Distance
- 5.9km away
Lakelands Academy
Oswestry Road, Ellesmere, SY12 0EA
Local ranking12th of 20 secondary schools in Shropshire
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
580
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 41.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 106
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 581
- Boys
- 315 (54%)
- Girls
- 266 (46%)
- Capacity
- 580 (100% full)
- SEND
- 21.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.9%
- EAL
- 5.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.2%
- SEN Support
- 14.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,110/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 90.3%
- White Other: 5.6%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.3%
90.3%
White British
5.6%
White Other
0.9%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Oswestry Road
Ellesmere, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 139102
- UKPRN
- 10039722
- Establishment No.
- 4387
- Trust
- LAKELANDS EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Often compared with
Parents weighing up Lakelands Academy usually look at the nearest secondary schools too. Put them side by side on results, inspection and intake.
- D45St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)Compare side by side
Oswestry · 8.1km away
- D54The Marches SchoolCompare side by side
Oswestry · 12.2km away
- D53The Thomas Adams SchoolCompare side by side
Shrewsbury · 12.6km away
Schools like this
The nearest secondary schools to Lakelands Academy
St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community)
Ofsted: Good
Score
D45
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Oswestry, SY10 7BD
- Distance
- 8.1km away
The Marches School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Oswestry, SY11 2AR
- Distance
- 12.2km away
The Thomas Adams School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Shrewsbury, SY4 5UB
- Distance
- 12.6km away
The Corbet School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Shrewsbury, SY4 2AX
- Distance
- 12.8km away
Ysgol Rhiwabon
Estyn: Not in follow-up
Score
F28
- Type
- Welsh establishment
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wrexham, LL14 6BT
- Distance
- 13.6km away