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
- 24.4%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 16.5%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 22 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 21 |
Arabic | GCSE | 6 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 28 |
Art & Design (3d Studies) | GCSE | 13 |
Biology | GCSE | 50 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 29 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 50 |
Chinese | GCSE | 2 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 19 |
Admissions
Harborne Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 119
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 153
- 2nd preference
- 171
- 3rd preference
- 152
- From another Local Authority
- 26
Offers
- 1st preference
- 81
- 2nd preference
- 14
- 3rd preference
- 15
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.7 |
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 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 83.0% 87.1% 85.6% |
Further education | 43.0% 38.3% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 27.0% 34.8% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 12.0% 13.5% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.6% 0.5% |
Entering employment | 1.0% 2.7% 4.1% |
Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% 1.4% 3.2% |
Not in education or employment | 12.0% 6.7% 5.9% |
Destination unknown | 4.0% 2.1% 1.2% |