Waseley Hills High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 9 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
Worcestershire
Unique reference
138664
Address
School Road, Rubery, B45 9EL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
732 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
3.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.8%
Persistent absence
36.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.7%
Mixed 6.2%
Unclassified 5.2%
Other White 2%
Indian 1.1%
African 1%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.35
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.6
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.85
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award20
Art & DesignGCSE29
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE122
English LiteratureGCSE120
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
GeographyGCSE63
HistoryGCSE53
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Waseley Hills High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
161
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
142
2nd preference
50
3rd preference
30
From another Local Authority
153
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
67
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
137
74
63
Year 8
158
83
75
Year 9
158
86
72
Year 10
116
68
48
Year 11
123
54
69
Year 12
16
10
6
Year 13
24
9
15
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
84.2%
85.6%
Further education
49.0%
32.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
26.0%
32.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
10.0%
18.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
79.0%
63.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
22.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
2.9%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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