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DSLV E-ACT Academy

All-through · Daventry · NN11 4LJ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 26 April 2022

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At a glance

997 pupils · 83% of 1,200 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
35.1% of pupils
English as additional language
18.2% of pupils
SEN support
13.9% of pupils
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://dslvacademy.e-act.org.uk/
URN
138073

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

26 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.84 first-choice applications per place

89 places offered · 75 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

26 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
46%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

143 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
37.2
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
51.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
25.2%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.1
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C-
27.1
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.5%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.1%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£6,856
Typical all-through school£7,730

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
86%
Continuing in education
79%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
3%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
55%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
25%
Any sustained destination
89%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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