Harlington Upper School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 4 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
13 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Unique reference
137941
Address
Goswell End Road, Harlington, LU5 6NX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1248 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
3%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.3%
Persistent absence
21.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.6%
Mixed 12.5%
African 4.8%
Other White 3.1%
Unclassified 3.1%
Indian 2.8%
Pakistani 2.1%
Caribbean 1.6%
Other 1.1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Irish 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.5
Local authority average 44.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.02
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award21
Art & DesignTechnical Award19
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award41
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
MultimediaTechnical Award40
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE45
BiologyGCSE105
Business Studies:SingleGCSE121
ChemistryGCSE104
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE58
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Harlington Upper School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
233
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
206
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
5
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
206
2nd preference
12
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
277
153
124
Year 10
287
154
133
Year 11
313
153
160
Year 12
202
89
113
Year 13
169
86
83
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
86.8%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
35.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
48.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
2.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
69.0%
55.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
13.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
12.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
7.0%
3.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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