Heath Park

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 27 2014 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
Wolverhampton
Unique reference
137730
Address
Prestwood Road, WV11 1RD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1191 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
39%
Free school meals (FSM)
41.2%
Persistent absence
22.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 28.7%
Indian 18.7%
Mixed 13.2%
African 12%
Other White 8.3%
Other Asian 5.8%
Caribbean 5.8%
Other Black 1.8%
Other 1.8%
Pakistani 1.4%
Unclassified 1.3%
Chinese 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.45
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.6
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.58
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award84
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award15
Health StudiesTechnical Award74
MultimediaTechnical Award197
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award28
Sports StudiesTechnical Award53
TourismTechnical Award51
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE57
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE43
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Heath Park

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
198
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
243
2nd preference
178
3rd preference
130
From another Local Authority
22
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
173
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes19
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
205
105
100
Year 8
199
95
104
Year 9
199
127
72
Year 10
195
97
98
Year 11
197
92
105
Year 12
97
41
56
Year 13
99
42
57
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
86.4%
85.6%
Further education
32.0%
36.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
57.0%
48.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.7%
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
79.0%
72.3%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
34.0%
25.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.3%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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