Holte School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 10 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
103509
Address
Wheeler Street, Lozells, B19 2EP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1169 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
77.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
50.6%
Persistent absence
22.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.6%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 36.7%
Pakistani 28.3%
African 12.9%
Other 6.2%
Mixed 5.3%
Caribbean 2.6%
Unclassified 2%
Indian 1.9%
Other White 1.3%
White British 1.2%
Other Black 0.8%
Other Asian 0.7%
Chinese 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 90%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.6
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.18
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award59
Health StudiesTechnical Award54
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE50
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE191
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Holte School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
189
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
179
2nd preference
124
3rd preference
144
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
160
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
8
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 classes20.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
193
94
99
Year 8
194
96
98
Year 9
191
103
88
Year 10
229
115
114
Year 11
232
117
115
Year 12
59
24
35
Year 13
71
31
40
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
44.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
14.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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