Humphrey Perkins School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 11 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leicestershire
Unique reference
137799
Address
Cotes Road, Barrow-upon-Soar, LE12 8JU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
842 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
3%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.9%
Persistent absence
23.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.9%
Mixed 3.7%
Other White 2.3%
Indian 1.3%
African 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.3
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.6
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.29
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award20
TourismTechnical Award16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE44
English LanguageGCSE162
English LiteratureGCSE162
FrenchGCSE58
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Humphrey Perkins School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
181
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
170
2nd preference
114
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
170
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes26.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
92
87
Year 8
179
84
95
Year 9
157
84
73
Year 10
159
87
72
Year 11
168
85
83
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
83.5%
85.6%
Further education
81.0%
41.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
5.0%
31.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
9.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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