In part, that's because the school does not select on academicability.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We should be offering all students, irrespective of their academicability, the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His academicabilities, he felt, made him their equal.
FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003)
Seeacting ability
Definition of 'academic'
academic
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adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.