Longsands Academy is a secondary school located in St Neots. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 03/10/2014. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.4%, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Longsands Road, St Neots, PE19 1LQ
Website: http://www.astrea-longsands.org
Telephone: 01480353535
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cambridgeshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Neil Owen
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136992

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 03/10/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1838
Number of Pupils: 1775
Number of Boys: 877
Number of Girls: 898

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.14 Confidence interval -0.01 to 0.29
Of the 285 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 280 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:28%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:47%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.28
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Priory Junior School
Longsands Road , PE19 1TF 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Round House Primary Academy
School Drive , PE19 6AW 		3out of 4 632 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Wintringham Primary Academy
Nuffield Road , PE19 0AW 		- not rated 654 yd Free schools Yes Mixed More About School
Priory Park Infant School & Playgroup
Almond Road , PE19 1DZ 		3out of 4 657 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots
Wintringham Road , PE19 1NX 		3out of 4 972 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Longsands Academy
Longsands Road , PE19 1LQ 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Ernulf Academy
Barford Road , PE19 2SH 		2out of 4 2,456 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Riverside Meadows Academy
Almond Road , PE19 1EA 		3out of 4 652 yd Academy special sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Samuel Pepys School
Cromwell Road , PE19 2EZ 		4out of 4 1,107 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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