Kings Heath Secondary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
103486
Address
Chamberlain Road, Kings Heath, B13 0QP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
783 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
96.6%
Girls
3.4%
First language not English
49.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.8%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 41%
White British 10.9%
Mixed 9.8%
Other 8.8%
Other Asian 7.2%
African 7%
Bangladeshi 3.7%
Indian 3.2%
Unclassified 2.6%
Caribbean 2.2%
Other White 1.5%
Other Black 1.3%
Chinese 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 54%
Local authority average 48%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40
Local authority average 46.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.59
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE8
BiologyGCSE45
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE45
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE129
English LiteratureGCSE128
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE1
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Kings Heath Secondary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
173
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
130
2nd preference
202
3rd preference
235
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
111
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
173
146
27
Year 8
163
163
0
Year 9
162
162
0
Year 10
144
144
0
Year 11
141
141
0
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
87.1%
85.5%
Further education
49.0%
39.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
2.0%
34.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
38.0%
12.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
4.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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