Gartree High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 11 2015 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leicestershire
Unique reference
138155
Address
Ridge Way, Oadby, LE2 5TQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
889 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
56.0%
Girls
44.0%
First language not English
14.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.8%
Persistent absence
18.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.5%
Indian 24.4%
Mixed 9.6%
Pakistani 7%
African 3.5%
Other White 3.4%
Other 2.2%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other Asian 2%
Caribbean 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.54
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 84%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.3
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.13
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE41
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE41
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE149
English LiteratureGCSE149
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE11
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Gartree High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
173
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
300
2nd preference
382
3rd preference
162
From another Local Authority
289
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
171
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
25
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 classes25
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
185
100
85
Year 8
182
102
80
Year 9
183
92
91
Year 10
169
101
68
Year 11
170
103
67
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
85.3%
86.5%
Further education
22.0%
39.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
35.0%
34.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
34.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
4.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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