The Arthur Terry School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 15 2022 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
Birmingham
Unique reference
138136
Address
Kittoe Road, Four Oaks, B74 4RZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1752 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
52.9%
Girls
47.1%
First language not English
5.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.3%
Persistent absence
16.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.1%
Indian 10.5%
Mixed 8.1%
Pakistani 3%
Caribbean 2%
Other 1.8%
Other White 1.7%
African 1.7%
Chinese 1.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

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

Entering EBacc

School 85%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.1
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.01
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award33
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award17
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award27
Art & DesignGCSE44
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE132
ChemistryGCSE59
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE76
Design & TechnologyGCSE53
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Arthur Terry School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
278
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
329
2nd preference
186
3rd preference
285
From another Local Authority
132
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
238
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
10
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 classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
284
148
136
Year 8
283
144
139
Year 9
275
157
118
Year 10
270
159
111
Year 11
272
136
136
Year 12
181
97
84
Year 13
187
86
101
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
60.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.8%
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
79.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
22.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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