Wales High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 11 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
Rotherham
Unique reference
136331
Address
Storth Lane, Kiveton Park, S26 5QQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1833 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
1.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.3%
Persistent absence
17.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.9%
Unclassified 4.4%
Mixed 3.1%
Other White 1.5%
Indian 0.5%
African 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.15
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.7
Local authority average 43.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.06
Local authority average 3.59
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award40
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award34
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE49
BiologyGCSE44
Business Studies:SingleGCSE66
ChemistryGCSE43
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE48
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Wales High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
300
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
311
2nd preference
148
3rd preference
41
From another Local Authority
89
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
291
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
29
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 classes17.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
325
162
163
Year 8
325
160
165
Year 9
308
152
156
Year 10
319
178
141
Year 11
310
163
147
Year 12
113
45
68
Year 13
132
61
71
Year 14
1
0
1
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
80.0%
85.6%
Further education
32.0%
30.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
46.0%
27.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
6.0%
21.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
6.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
8.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
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
56.0%
59.4%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
16.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
8.0%
2.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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