Denmark Road High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 14 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
136666
Address
Denmark Road, GL1 3JN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
974 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
2.5%
Girls
97.5%
First language not English
18.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.9%
Persistent absence
17.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 48.7%
Indian 20.3%
Other Asian 8.1%
Mixed 5.1%
Other White 4.9%
Pakistani 3.6%
African 3.5%
Chinese 1.8%
Other 1.2%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Unclassified 1%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 76%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 98%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 76.4
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.03
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE46
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE119
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE118
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
EconomicsGCSE56
English LanguageGCSE152
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Denmark Road High School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
144
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
190
2nd preference
156
3rd preference
93
From another Local Authority
148
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
123
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
45
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 classes23.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
134
0
134
Year 8
155
0
155
Year 9
152
0
152
Year 10
155
0
155
Year 11
152
0
152
Year 12
127
16
111
Year 13
99
8
91
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
85.3%
85.6%
Further education
2.0%
25.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
94.0%
48.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
11.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
4.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
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
83.0%
65.7%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
49.0%
27.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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