E-ACT Shenley Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 6 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 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
135911
Address
Shenley Lane, Northfield, B29 4HE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
816 (70% of total capacity)
Boys
55.0%
Girls
45.0%
First language not English
12.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
55.8%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 64.3%
Mixed 13.1%
African 5.4%
Other 5.1%
Caribbean 2.6%
Other White 2.3%
Pakistani 1.6%
Other Black 1.6%
Indian 1%
Chinese 1%
Irish 0.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.38
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.7
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.09
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE35
BiologyGCSE6
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Design & TechnologyGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE163
English LiteratureGCSE151
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE24
FrenchGCSE11
GeographyGCSE78
HistoryGCSE66
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Shenley 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
132
2nd preference
89
3rd preference
100
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
132
2nd preference
28
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 classes25.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
97
84
Year 8
172
105
67
Year 9
151
83
68
Year 10
147
85
62
Year 11
165
79
86
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
72.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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