Park Hall Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 18 2023 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
Solihull
Unique reference
135971
Address
Water Orton Road, Castle Bromwich, B36 9HF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1269 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
6.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
31%
Persistent absence
29.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.9%
Mixed 10%
Pakistani 4.8%
Caribbean 2.4%
Unclassified 2.1%
African 1.4%
Other White 1.2%
Other Asian 1.1%
Other 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.5
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.47
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award17
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award50
Health StudiesTechnical Award48
MultimediaTechnical Award19
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award10
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award59
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)9
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE29
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Park Hall Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
238
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
322
2nd preference
143
3rd preference
72
From another Local Authority
337
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
226
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
54
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 classes23.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
120
120
Year 8
238
127
111
Year 9
231
112
119
Year 10
209
111
98
Year 11
199
95
104
Year 12
80
38
42
Year 13
72
36
36
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
85.0%
85.6%
Further education
30.0%
36.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
43.0%
32.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
15.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
3.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
54.0%
65.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
23.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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