King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 7 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
Birmingham
Unique reference
136152
Address
Sheldon Heath Road, Sheldon, B26 2RZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1184 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
29.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.8%
Persistent absence
21.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.2%
Pakistani 21.9%
Mixed 11.3%
Bangladeshi 7%
Other 5.2%
African 4.5%
Other White 4.2%
Indian 2.6%
Caribbean 2.4%
Unclassified 1.7%
Other Asian 1.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.2
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 47.2
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.94
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award53
Health StudiesTechnical Award68
ArabicGCSE5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE49
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE29
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE13
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
256
2nd preference
172
3rd preference
119
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
185
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
6
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 classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
117
91
Year 8
211
103
108
Year 9
204
108
96
Year 10
207
117
90
Year 11
207
102
105
Year 12
74
28
46
Year 13
73
32
41
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
28.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
17.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.8%
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
77.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
23.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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