Astley Community High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 6 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
13 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Northumberland
Unique reference
122374
Address
Elsdon Avenue, NE25 0BP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
605 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
46.6%
Girls
53.4%
First language not English
2.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.6%
Persistent absence
31.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.7%
Mixed 2.2%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other White 1.2%
Indian 0.8%
Other 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
African 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.35
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 2%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.3
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.52
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award12
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award15
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE12
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE45
ChemistryGCSE45
English LanguageGCSE139
English LiteratureGCSE135
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE13
FrenchGCSE11
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
148
77
71
Year 10
147
69
78
Year 11
147
67
80
Year 12
102
43
59
Year 13
61
26
35
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
82.3%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
34.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
43.0%
47.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
46.0%
69.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
28.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
25.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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