E-ACT Heartlands Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 5 2014 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 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
Birmingham
Unique reference
135907
Address
Great Francis Street, Nechells, B7 4QR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
838 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
69.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
59.5%
Persistent absence
15.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.0%
Pupil ethnicities
African 37%
Pakistani 30%
Bangladeshi 8.7%
Other 7.3%
Mixed 5.8%
Caribbean 3%
White British 2.1%
Other White 1.9%
Other Black 1.6%
Other Asian 1.3%
Indian 0.7%
Chinese 0.6%
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
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.3
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.97
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award62
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award64
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE52
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE52
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Heartlands Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
145
2nd preference
130
3rd preference
135
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
130
2nd preference
35
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes27
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
106
74
Year 8
180
96
84
Year 9
150
64
86
Year 10
151
63
88
Year 11
177
97
80
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
19.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
31.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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