The Whitby High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 24 2022 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
Cheshire West and Chester
Unique reference
111429
Address
Sycamore Drive, Whitby, CH66 2NU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1579 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
6.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.6%
Persistent absence
32.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.1%
Other White 2.7%
Mixed 2.5%
African 1.1%
Chinese 0.9%
Other 0.9%
Other Asian 0.7%
Unclassified 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Bangladeshi 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
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 56%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.2
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.35
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award32
Sports StudiesTechnical Award42
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award77
Health StudiesTechnical Award49
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award8
Speech & DramaTechnical Award12
Ancient HistoryGCSE28
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE41
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE2
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Whitby High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
228
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
215
2nd preference
125
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
215
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
2
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 classes20.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
282
122
160
Year 8
287
138
149
Year 9
287
145
142
Year 10
279
151
128
Year 11
273
147
126
Year 12
99
49
50
Year 13
72
33
39
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
30.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
35.0%
36.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
16.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.3%
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
64.0%
75.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
33.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
27.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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