King Ecgbert School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 22 2013 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
Sheffield
Unique reference
138841
Address
Totley Brook Road, S17 3QU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1447 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
49.1%
Girls
50.9%
First language not English
20%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.3%
Persistent absence
17.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 56.7%
Pakistani 15.6%
Mixed 9.4%
Chinese 3%
African 2.8%
Other White 2.7%
Other Asian 2.5%
Bangladeshi 1.9%
Indian 1.5%
Other 1.5%
Other Black 1.2%
Unclassified 0.8%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.58
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 68%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.88
Local authority average 3.85
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award8
Health StudiesTechnical Award47
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE47
BiologyGCSE95
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE95
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King Ecgbert School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
246
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
209
2nd preference
171
3rd preference
150
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
204
2nd preference
35
3rd preference
7
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
122
117
Year 8
210
109
101
Year 9
205
104
101
Year 10
210
121
89
Year 11
206
92
114
Year 12
200
94
106
Year 13
177
69
108
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
84.2%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
61.0%
37.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
8.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
6.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.0%
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
82.0%
67.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
21.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
30.0%
20.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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