Formby High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 3 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sefton
Unique reference
137436
Address
Freshfield Road, Formby, L37 3HW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1099 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.4%
Girls
47.6%
First language not English
2.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
11%
Persistent absence
28.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.7%
Mixed 3.8%
Other White 2.6%
Other 0.7%
Irish 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
African 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.9
Local authority average 42
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.31
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE48
AstronomyGCSE7
BiologyGCSE57
Business Studies:SingleGCSE71
ChemistryGCSE56
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
DanceGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE189
English LiteratureGCSE184
FrenchGCSE3
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Formby High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
185
2nd preference
144
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
169
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
172
101
71
Year 8
167
88
79
Year 9
167
96
71
Year 10
189
99
90
Year 11
192
81
111
Year 12
97
50
47
Year 13
115
61
54
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
84.3%
85.6%
Further education
38.0%
51.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
51.0%
29.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
7.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
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
72.0%
61.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
34.0%
18.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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