The Earls High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jan 15 2020 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Unique reference
- 137812
- Address
- Furnace Lane, B63 3SL
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1262 (98% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 49.8%
- Girls
- 50.2%
- First language not English
- 6.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 19.2%
- Persistent absence
- 19.8%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 9.0%
White British 71.1%
Mixed 8%
Other 4.6%
Pakistani 3.6%
Unclassified 3.5%
Indian 3.3%
Other Asian 2.1%
Other White 1.5%
African 1%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.19
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.11
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 34%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 44%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 45.1
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.89
Local authority average 3.56
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 44 |
Childcare Skills | Technical Award | 17 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 40 |
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 1 |
Arabic | GCSE | 3 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 32 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 2 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 15 |
Biology | GCSE | 49 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 65 |
Admissions
The Earls High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 261
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 328
- 2nd preference
- 355
- 3rd preference
- 86
- From another Local Authority
- 223
Offers
- 1st preference
- 252
- 2nd preference
- 9
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 47
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.3 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 278 133 145 |
Year 8 | 259 129 130 |
Year 9 | 247 122 125 |
Year 10 | 243 133 110 |
Year 11 | 235 112 123 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 89.0% 85.3% 86.5% |
Further education | 58.0% 55.5% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 8.0% 12.1% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 23.0% 17.0% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.7% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 1.0% 3.7% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 3.7% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 5.0% 6.1% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 2.0% 1.1% 1.0% |