Codsall Community High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 2 2023 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
Staffordshire
Unique reference
124400
Address
Elliotts Lane, Codsall, WV8 1PQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1068 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
2.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.7%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82%
Mixed 8%
Indian 3%
African 1.6%
Other White 1.5%
Pakistani 0.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Caribbean 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 9%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.5
Local authority average 43.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.83
Local authority average 3.77
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award29
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
MultimediaTechnical Award87
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award14
Speech & DramaTechnical Award12
Sports StudiesTechnical Award57
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE73
BiologyGCSE87
Business Studies:SingleGCSE82
ChemistryGCSE88
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes18.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
259
124
135
Year 10
273
148
125
Year 11
248
123
125
Year 12
127
76
51
Year 13
161
95
66
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
25.0%
46.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
59.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
3.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
60.0%
51.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
10.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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