Spen Valley High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 9 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
Kirklees
Unique reference
107778
Address
Roberttown Lane, WF15 7LX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
969 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.4%
Girls
47.6%
First language not English
9.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.6%
Persistent absence
30.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.2%
Pakistani 9%
Mixed 4.1%
Unclassified 2%
Other White 1.8%
African 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Other Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.7
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 6%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.2
Local authority average 46.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.94
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
Art & DesignGCSE42
BiologyGCSE49
Business Studies:SingleGCSE96
ChemistryGCSE48
Design & TechnologyGCSE43
English LanguageGCSE178
English LiteratureGCSE174
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE45
FrenchGCSE12
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Spen Valley High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
187
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
175
2nd preference
162
3rd preference
251
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
170
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
5
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 classes13.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
193
92
101
Year 8
207
111
96
Year 9
189
103
86
Year 10
190
105
85
Year 11
190
97
93
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
85.8%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
29.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
16.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
29.0%
39.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
11.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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