Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 13 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
York
Unique reference
136617
Address
Hull Road, YO10 5ZA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1842 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
11.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.3%
Persistent absence
24.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.8%
Other White 6.2%
Mixed 4.3%
Other Asian 3.1%
African 1.7%
Chinese 1.5%
Unclassified 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
Other 0.8%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 65%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.7
Local authority average 49.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.81
Local authority average 4.38
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award13
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award20
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award10
MultimediaTechnical Award15
TourismTechnical Award4
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE52
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE6
AstronomyGCSE2
BiologyGCSE68
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
293
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
307
2nd preference
162
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
110
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
277
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
26
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 classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
286
142
144
Year 8
304
156
148
Year 9
298
149
149
Year 10
299
151
148
Year 11
303
161
142
Year 12
182
79
103
Year 13
170
89
81
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
83.8%
85.6%
Further education
25.0%
39.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
59.0%
43.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
6.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.5%
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
72.0%
55.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
45.0%
24.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
4.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.6%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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