Belvidere School
Academy converter · 830 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.8
Academy converter
Lakelands Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 590of 580 places
- Free school meals
- 23.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 106
- Ofsted
- Report card, 9 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Lakelands School, Sports and Language College (URN 123566, until 1 December 2012).
What the data says
Lakelands Academy has no sixth form. Of the 97 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 48% moved to a sixth form college, 14% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 48% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.1 against 46.1 across England and 42.5 in Shropshire, with 34% 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 Shropshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Lakelands Academy | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 97 | 2,982 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 48% | 45% | 13% |
| — further education college | 14% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 5% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Lakelands Academy | Shropshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.1 | 42.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 42% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.93 | 3.71 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 19% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.5 | 31.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.8 | 45.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 5% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 106 | 100% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 65% |
| Mathematics | 105 | 99% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 68% |
| English Literature | 104 | 98% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 87 | 82% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 60% |
| Geography | 69 | 65% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 57% |
| French | 48 | 45% | 18% | 17% | 29% | 88% |
| History | 34 | 32% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 62% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 33 | 31% | 8% | 18% | 21% | 76% |
| Business Studies | 26 | 25% | 18% | 12% | 20% | 50% |
| Drama | 22 | 21% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 55% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 19% | 11% | 20% | 23% | 50% |
| Chemistry | 19 | 18% | 23% | 32% | 47% | 95% |
| Biology | 19 | 18% | 23% | 37% | 45% | 95% |
| Media Studies | 19 | 18% | 4% | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| Physics | 19 | 18% | 23% | 26% | 46% | 89% |
| Religious Studies | 17 | 16% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 76% |
| Fine Art | 17 | 16% | 9% | 18% | 28% | 65% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 9% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 60% |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 53 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 11 | — | — |
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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.