Norton Canes High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Apr 30 2024 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
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
124395
Address
Burntwood Road, Norton Canes, WS11 9SP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
449 (67% of total capacity)
Boys
53.5%
Girls
46.5%
First language not English
2.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.6%
Persistent absence
28.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.3%
Mixed 3.1%
Other White 2%
Other Asian 0.9%
Indian 0.2%
African 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.58
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 2%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 17%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.2
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.91
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE92
English LiteratureGCSE92
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE15
FrenchGCSE8
GeographyGCSE37
HistoryGCSE53
MathematicsGCSE92
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Norton Canes High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
97
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
49
2nd preference
47
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
49
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes16.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
88
47
41
Year 8
80
39
41
Year 9
82
52
30
Year 10
75
46
29
Year 11
79
37
42
Year 12
24
15
9
Year 13
21
4
17
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
83.9%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
40.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
31.0%
38.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.8%
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
61.0%
55.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
11.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
9.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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