Nishkam High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 1 2014 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Sikh
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
138586
Address
Great King Street North, B19 2LF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
671 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
32.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.2%
Persistent absence
19.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 58.7%
African 9.7%
Other Asian 7.3%
Bangladeshi 4.5%
Mixed 4.3%
Pakistani 4.3%
Other 3.9%
Unclassified 3.4%
Caribbean 1.2%
Other Black 1.2%
White British 1%
Other White 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.94
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 86%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 68%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.4
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.4
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE12
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE67
ChemistryGCSE55
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE100
English LiteratureGCSE100
FrenchGCSE42
GeographyGCSE68
HistoryGCSE30
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Nishkam High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
106
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
204
2nd preference
223
3rd preference
195
From another Local Authority
95
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
82
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
29
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
108
70
38
Year 8
101
51
50
Year 9
125
67
58
Year 10
106
61
45
Year 11
102
42
60
Year 12
68
31
37
Year 13
61
30
31
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
59.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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
87.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
39.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
39.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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