Aston Manor Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 7 2017 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
136882
Address
Phillips Street, Aston, B6 4PZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1008 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
70.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
54%
Persistent absence
14.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.9%
Pupil ethnicities
African 31.2%
Bangladeshi 24.2%
Pakistani 17.8%
Other 6%
Mixed 5.3%
Caribbean 5.1%
White British 3.7%
Other White 1.9%
Other Black 1.8%
Indian 1.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
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
-0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.4
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.58
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award19
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award18
Art & DesignGCSE27
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE29
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Design & TechnologyGCSE62
English LanguageGCSE149
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Aston Manor Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
148
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
187
2nd preference
227
3rd preference
252
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
121
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
0
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
74
76
Year 8
151
83
68
Year 9
150
76
74
Year 10
151
69
82
Year 11
153
65
88
Year 12
148
76
72
Year 13
102
48
54
Year 14
3
3
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
57.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.8%
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%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
14.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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