Hanley Castle High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 23 2023 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
Worcestershire
Unique reference
137101
Address
Church End, Hanley Castle, WR8 0BL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1086 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
2.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.5%
Persistent absence
24.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.8%
Mixed 3.2%
Other White 2.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 53%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.7
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.46
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award17
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award20
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE59
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE87
ChemistryGCSE59
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE50
English LanguageGCSE167
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hanley Castle High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
184
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
198
2nd preference
99
3rd preference
39
From another Local Authority
61
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
178
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
21
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
186
92
94
Year 8
181
91
90
Year 9
184
93
91
Year 10
171
72
99
Year 11
166
92
74
Year 12
98
54
44
Year 13
100
50
50
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
32.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
58.0%
35.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
8.0%
16.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
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
67.0%
60.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
25.0%
16.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
25.0%
16.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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