Falinge Park High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Feb 3 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
- Rochdale
- Unique reference
- 105837
- Address
- Falinge Road, Shawclough, OL12 6LD
- Website
- http://www.falingepark.com
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1354 (100% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.3%
- Girls
- 48.7%
- First language not English
- 55.4%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 39.7%
- Persistent absence
- 28.2%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 14.2%
Pakistani 52.8%
White British 15.8%
Bangladeshi 14%
Mixed 4.5%
African 4%
Other Asian 3%
Other 1.9%
Indian 1.1%
Other White 1%
Other Black 0.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.28
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.28
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 10%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 36%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 39.7
Local authority average 41.2
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.22
Local authority average 3.52
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Music Studies (General) | Technical Award | 10 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 61 |
Arabic | GCSE | 2 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 24 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 20 |
Biology | GCSE | 60 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 60 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 53 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 50 |
Admissions
Falinge Park High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 258
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 264
- 2nd preference
- 157
- 3rd preference
- 130
- From another Local Authority
- 8
Offers
- 1st preference
- 239
- 2nd preference
- 15
- 3rd preference
- 4
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 25.7 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 265 139 126 |
Year 8 | 266 146 120 |
Year 9 | 269 125 144 |
Year 10 | 281 140 141 |
Year 11 | 273 145 128 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 91.0% 85.7% 86.5% |
Further education | 32.0% 45.1% 34.7% |
School sixth form | SP 3.8% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 58.0% 36.4% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | SP 0.3% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 2.0% 3.5% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 2.0% 3.9% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 4.0% 6.0% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 2.0% 1.0% 1.0% |