The Rudheath Senior Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jan 12 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Unique reference
- 137582
- Address
- Middlewich Road, Rudheath, CW9 7DT
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 593 (67% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.9%
- Girls
- 49.1%
- First language not English
- 6.9%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 31.9%
- Persistent absence
- 34.1%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 17.7%
White British 88.7%
Other White 3.7%
Mixed 2.5%
Other Asian 1.7%
African 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Other 0.5%
Pakistani 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.56
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.06
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 11%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 27%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 34.9
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 2.84
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 12 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 22 |
Tourism | Technical Award | 14 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 15 |
Biology | GCSE | 15 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 45 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 15 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 22 |
English Language | GCSE | 87 |
English Literature | GCSE | 87 |
Admissions
The Rudheath Senior Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 112
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 100
- 2nd preference
- 44
- 3rd preference
- 21
- From another Local Authority
- 2
Offers
- 1st preference
- 100
- 2nd preference
- 7
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.5 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 119 64 55 |
Year 8 | 123 67 56 |
Year 9 | 123 57 66 |
Year 10 | 123 72 51 |
Year 11 | 105 42 63 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 75.0% 84.3% 86.5% |
Further education | 58.0% 30.5% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 1.0% 36.1% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 13.0% 16.5% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 1.2% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 7.0% 5.4% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 6.0% 3.4% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 12.0% 5.5% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 1.3% 1.0% |