Harborne Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 16 2022 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
136213
Address
Harborne Road, Edgbaston, B15 3JL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
605 (76% of total capacity)
Boys
64.8%
Girls
35.2%
First language not English
31.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
51.7%
Persistent absence
12.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Mixed 19.9%
African 17.4%
White British 13.4%
Other 12.7%
Caribbean 7.3%
Other White 6.8%
Pakistani 6.8%
Indian 5.6%
Unclassified 4.8%
Other Asian 1.7%
Chinese 1.7%
Other Black 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.8
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.9
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award33
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award25
ArabicGCSE6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE45
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE44
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Harborne Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
119
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
153
2nd preference
171
3rd preference
152
From another Local Authority
26
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
81
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
15
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
121
77
44
Year 8
123
81
42
Year 9
120
81
39
Year 10
121
77
44
Year 11
120
76
44
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
64.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
17.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
10.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
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

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