Balshaw's Church of England High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 2 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
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
119775
Address
Church Road, PR25 3AH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
921 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
3.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
13%
Persistent absence
16.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.2%
Mixed 4.6%
Other White 2.8%
Other 1%
Unclassified 1%
Pakistani 0.9%
Other Asian 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
African 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 59%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.7
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.68
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE79
English LanguageGCSE178
English LiteratureGCSE175
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Balshaw's Church of England High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
186
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
213
2nd preference
200
3rd preference
208
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
167
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
183
90
93
Year 8
188
93
95
Year 9
185
105
80
Year 10
189
89
100
Year 11
176
89
87
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
78.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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