St Michael's Church of England High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 18 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
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Sandwell
Unique reference
104019
Address
Curral Road, B65 9AN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1230 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
6.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.2%
Persistent absence
25.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.7%
Mixed 8.5%
African 3.4%
Indian 3.1%
Other White 3%
Caribbean 1.5%
Pakistani 1.4%
Other Asian 1.1%
Other 0.9%
Other Black 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.07
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 35%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.1
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.78
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award25
Sports StudiesTechnical Award223
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award25
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award43
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award57
Speech & DramaTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE36
BiologyGCSE20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Michael's Church of England High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
231
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
277
2nd preference
114
3rd preference
51
From another Local Authority
78
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
216
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes27.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
241
129
112
Year 8
243
122
121
Year 9
239
121
118
Year 10
241
120
121
Year 11
266
128
138
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
66.0%
52.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
27.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
12.0%
5.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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