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74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
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Hodgson Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,121of 1,140 places
- Free school meals
- 19.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 220
- Ofsted
- Good, 30 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hodgson School (URN 119713, until 1 May 2011).
What the data says
Hodgson Academy has no sixth form. Of the 222 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 58% moved to a sixth form college, 21% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 58% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
French is unusually popular at GCSE: 85% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 50% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lancashire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Hodgson Academy | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 222 | 13,296 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 58% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 21% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Hodgson Academy | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.5 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 84% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.69 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 21% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.1 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.1 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 219 | 100% | 88% | 21% | 22% | 79% |
| English Language | 219 | 100% | 89% | 21% | 20% | 79% |
| English Literature | 218 | 99% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 87% |
| French | 187 | 85% | 18% | 12% | 29% | 62% |
| Combined Science | 157 | 71% | 65% | 18% | 9% | 65% |
| History | 123 | 56% | 41% | 28% | 26% | 59% |
| Geography | 104 | 47% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 65% |
| Chemistry | 61 | 28% | 23% | 30% | 47% | 85% |
| Biology | 61 | 28% | 23% | 34% | 45% | 85% |
| Physics | 61 | 28% | 23% | 33% | 46% | 85% |
| Business Studies | 51 | 23% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 71% |
| Design and Technology | 45 | 20% | 11% | 22% | 23% | 78% |
| Art and Design | 43 | 20% | 7% | 12% | 24% | 44% |
| Physical Education | 26 | 12% | 11% | 35% | 24% | 92% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 11% | 13% | 16% | 30% | 56% |
| Statistics | 25 | 11% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 19 | 9% | 8% | 11% | 21% | 58% |
| Music | 13 | 6% | 5% | 8% | 33% | 54% |
| Textiles | 10 | 5% | 2% | 40% | 27% | 90% |
| Polish | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 0% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Japanese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 38 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 26 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 18 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 12 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.