Holyhead School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 4 2020 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
137034
Address
Milestone Lane, Handsworth, B21 0HN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1254 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
52.6%
Girls
47.4%
First language not English
73.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
52.6%
Persistent absence
15.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
26.4%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 21.1%
Indian 19.9%
Bangladeshi 17.4%
African 8.8%
Caribbean 7.4%
Mixed 7%
Other White 5.4%
Other 4.7%
Other Black 2.5%
Unclassified 2.4%
White British 1.5%
Other Asian 1.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 63%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 40.8
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.64
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE23
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE31
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE33
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Holyhead School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
182
2nd preference
164
3rd preference
137
From another Local Authority
37
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
173
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes20.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
210
109
101
Year 8
213
122
91
Year 9
212
110
102
Year 10
212
108
104
Year 11
210
104
106
Year 12
100
50
50
Year 13
97
57
40
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
52.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
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
2.0%
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
79.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
18.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
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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