Bristnall Hall Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sandwell
Unique reference
139043
Address
Bristnall Hall Lane, B68 9PA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1082 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
54.4%
Girls
45.6%
First language not English
20.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.1%
Persistent absence
21.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 48.5%
Mixed 14.3%
Indian 7.9%
Pakistani 7.3%
African 6.1%
Caribbean 3.7%
Other White 3.6%
Other Asian 2.3%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other 1.7%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.57
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.07
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 54%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 35%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.5
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.06
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE41
BiologyGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE48
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE189
English LiteratureGCSE189
FrenchGCSE97
GeographyGCSE93
HistoryGCSE95
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bristnall Hall Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
195
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
223
2nd preference
195
3rd preference
115
From another Local Authority
49
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
175
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
220
127
93
Year 8
223
119
104
Year 9
222
121
101
Year 10
224
124
100
Year 11
193
98
95
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
71.0%
52.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
27.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
5.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
7.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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