Little Heath School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 29 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
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
West Berkshire
Unique reference
110063
Address
Little Heath Road, Tilehurst, RG31 5TY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1667 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
13.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.4%
Persistent absence
19.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 62.3%
Mixed 10.4%
Other White 5.1%
Pakistani 4.6%
Indian 4.4%
African 3.8%
Other Black 3%
Other Asian 1.9%
Unclassified 1.1%
Bangladeshi 1%
Other 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.22
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.3
Local authority average 49.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.92
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE30
Art & DesignGCSE65
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE96
ChemistryGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE43
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE260
English LiteratureGCSE255
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE52
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Little Heath School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
265
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
282
2nd preference
210
3rd preference
77
From another Local Authority
356
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
245
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
128
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 classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
269
138
131
Year 8
260
138
122
Year 9
262
123
139
Year 10
261
131
130
Year 11
255
138
117
Year 12
187
77
110
Year 13
173
71
102
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
21.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
56.0%
60.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
4.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.6%
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
62.0%
64.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
21.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
19.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020