Lode Heath School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 6 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Solihull
Unique reference
137008
Address
Lode Lane, B91 2HW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1164 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
12.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.7%
Persistent absence
22.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 61.4%
Pakistani 11%
Mixed 6.8%
Indian 4.8%
Chinese 4%
Other White 2.7%
Other Asian 2.5%
Unclassified 2%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Caribbean 0.9%
Other 0.9%
African 0.8%
Irish 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

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

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.4
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.9
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award38
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
Sports StudiesTechnical Award64
TourismTechnical Award15
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE45
BiologyGCSE33
Business Studies:SingleGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE33
ChineseGCSE7
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Lode Heath School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
234
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
140
2nd preference
143
3rd preference
139
From another Local Authority
260
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
121
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
28
To another Local Authority
31
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 classes29.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
132
108
Year 8
240
122
118
Year 9
237
119
118
Year 10
225
110
115
Year 11
222
120
102
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
85.0%
85.6%
Further education
48.0%
36.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
7.0%
32.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
28.0%
15.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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