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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Music Studies (General) | Technical Award | 13 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 62 |
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 64 |
Arabic | GCSE | 2 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 40 |
Biology | GCSE | 52 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 1 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 52 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 1 |
Admissions
Heartlands Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 180
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 145
- 2nd preference
- 130
- 3rd preference
- 135
- From another Local Authority
- 4
Offers
- 1st preference
- 130
- 2nd preference
- 35
- 3rd preference
- 9
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 27 |
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 |
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% |