Shireland Collegiate Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 14 2013 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sandwell
Unique reference
135170
Address
Waterloo Road, B66 4ND

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1519 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
53.9%
Girls
46.1%
First language not English
46.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.1%
Persistent absence
16.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.4%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 31.8%
African 16.9%
Indian 9.2%
Other Asian 8.4%
Mixed 7.7%
White British 5.2%
Other 5.2%
Other White 4.1%
Caribbean 3.9%
Unclassified 3.1%
Bangladeshi 2.7%
Other Black 1.5%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.07
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 80%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 35%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.9
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award32
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award49
Health StudiesTechnical Award42
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award119
TourismTechnical Award45
ArabicGCSE7
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE56
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Shireland Collegiate Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
242
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
331
2nd preference
129
3rd preference
93
From another Local Authority
140
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
228
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
31
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 classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
249
124
125
Year 8
247
132
115
Year 9
274
157
117
Year 10
270
160
110
Year 11
245
129
116
Year 12
118
58
60
Year 13
116
58
58
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
52.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
57.0%
27.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
5.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
7.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
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
76.0%
67.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
11.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
16.0%
10.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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