Arden

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 15 2022 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
136333
Address
Station Road, Knowle, B93 0PT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1820 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
6.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.3%
Persistent absence
15.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.9%
Indian 6.3%
Mixed 5.6%
Pakistani 3.8%
Chinese 3.4%
Other White 2.4%
Other Asian 1.5%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other 1%
Irish 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
African 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.61
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.92
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award66
TourismTechnical Award24
Health StudiesTechnical Award35
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award72
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)26
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE56
BiologyGCSE85
Business Studies:SingleGCSE108
ChemistryGCSE85
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Arden

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
297
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
344
2nd preference
147
3rd preference
154
From another Local Authority
101
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
281
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
8
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
305
151
154
Year 8
306
172
134
Year 9
306
150
156
Year 10
298
139
159
Year 11
303
154
149
Year 12
149
84
65
Year 13
153
78
75
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
85.8%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
36.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
51.0%
32.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
11.0%
15.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
4.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
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
80.0%
62.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
29.0%
15.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
25.0%
14.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
2.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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