John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 22 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
Herefordshire, County of
Unique reference
136399
Address
Ledbury Road, HR9 7ET

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1375 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
4.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.9%
Persistent absence
23.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.2%
Other White 6.8%
Mixed 3.9%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.1
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.13
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE12
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE51
Design & TechnologyGCSE93
English LanguageGCSE244
English LiteratureGCSE242
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
196
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
186
2nd preference
63
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
67
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
185
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
21
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 classes20.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
215
94
121
Year 8
241
123
118
Year 9
252
137
115
Year 10
233
122
111
Year 11
230
119
111
Year 12
101
47
54
Year 13
103
46
57
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
38.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
39.0%
8.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
14.0%
37.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.3%
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
71.0%
53.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
14.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
15.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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