The Elton High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 3 2022 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
Bury
Unique reference
105354
Address
Walshaw Road, BL8 1RN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1040 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
7.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.4%
Persistent absence
22.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.2%
Pakistani 6.4%
Mixed 4.3%
African 1.3%
Other White 1.1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Indian 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.4%
Bangladeshi 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
-0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.65
Local authority average 3.89
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & DesignGCSE38
BiologyGCSE80
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE78
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE195
English LiteratureGCSE193
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE30
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Elton High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
315
2nd preference
198
3rd preference
125
From another Local Authority
34
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
201
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
211
111
100
Year 8
211
121
90
Year 9
207
102
105
Year 10
200
102
98
Year 11
211
107
104
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
39.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
SP
1.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
40.0%
44.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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