Wheelers Lane Technology College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 24 2014 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
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
103501
Address
Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, B13 0SF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
678 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
34.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.3%
Persistent absence
19.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 30.2%
Pakistani 29.8%
Mixed 8.9%
Indian 7.2%
Other 6.9%
Unclassified 3.4%
Bangladeshi 2.9%
Other White 2.8%
Chinese 2.4%
African 1.9%
Other Asian 1.6%
Caribbean 1.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.4
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.14
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award19
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
ChineseGCSE2
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE122
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wheelers Lane Technology College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
133
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
155
2nd preference
169
3rd preference
110
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
100
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
135
135
0
Year 8
137
137
0
Year 9
137
137
0
Year 10
136
136
0
Year 11
133
133
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
51.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
12.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
26.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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