Mercia Academy

Secondary · state · ages 11–16 · 592 pupils · DE11 0TL · LIONHEART EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Requires improvementOfstedInspected Jul 2025

2.2%GCSE grades 8–9England median 9.6%

0.8Applications per placeFirst choices, Year 7 2026

32.6Attainment 8England median 45.8

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48.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement

GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 92.2% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above6.8% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)32.6 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths23.2% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths36.6% (typical 65.8%)

112 pupils at the end of Year 11.

How hard is it to get in?

For Year 7 in September 2026, 114 families put it first for 138 places (0.8 first choices per place). 100% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Year 7, 2024	107	79	0.7	100%
Year 7, 2025	103	77	0.8	100%
Year 7, 2026	138	114	0.8	100%

Sports facilities on site

Sports hall (1 courts), 2 football pitches, 1 rugby pitch, cricket, tennis courts.

Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

£7,053spent per pupil (typical secondary £7,863)

73%of spending on staff, 50% on teachers

£887krevenue reserve (16.8% of a year's income)

£1.2msurplus in the year

Income £5.3m, spending £4.1m (September 2024 to August 2025, 580 pupils).

Run by Lionheart Educational Trust, a trust of 17 academies and 12,956 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £19.8m, 19.9% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Progress 8 (how pupils did against similar pupils nationally) isn't published for 2024/25, because these pupils sat no tests at 11 during Covid.
GCSE tables: GCSE (9–1) full courses taken in 2024/25; subjects with 5 or more entries. Small entries swing a lot from year to year.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.

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GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 92.2% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above6.8% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)32.6 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths23.2% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths36.6% (typical 65.8%)

112 pupils at the end of Year 11.

GCSE grades by subject

Subject	Entries	Grades 8–9	England 8–9	Grades 7+	Grades 4+
English Literature	110	1.8%	9.9%	3.6%	38.2%
English Language	110	1.8%	9.2%	3.6%	33.6%
Mathematics	110	2.7%	13%	9.1%	51.8%
Business	48	2.1%	10.9%	8.3%	43.8%
Geography	45	2.2%	13.6%	8.9%	53.3%
History	45	4.4%	15.2%	13.3%	28.9%
Media / Film / TV	25	0%	10.7%	0%	40%
Food Preparation & Nutrition	25	0%	11.5%	4%	28%
Art and Design	23	8.7%	13.2%	17.4%	95.7%
Computer Science	20	0%	19.9%	0%	20%
Drama	16	0%	15.9%	6.3%	81.3%
Biology	9	0%	28.6%	0%	0%
Spanish	6	0%	15.3%	33.3%	100%

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Year 7, 2024

107

0.7

100%

Year 7, 2025

103

0.8

100%

Year 7, 2026

138

114

0.8

100%

Money

£7,053spent per pupil (typical secondary £7,863)

73%of spending on staff, 50% on teachers

£887krevenue reserve (16.8% of a year's income)

£1.2msurplus in the year

Income £5.3m, spending £4.1m (September 2024 to August 2025, 580 pupils).

Run by Lionheart Educational Trust, a trust of 17 academies and 12,956 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £19.8m, 19.9% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.