Lift Four Dwellings Secondary

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
139047
Address
Dwellings Lane, Quinton, B32 1RJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
553 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
61.1%
Girls
38.9%
First language not English
30.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
64.7%
Persistent absence
30.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 30.9%
Mixed 17.2%
African 11%
Other 9.6%
Other White 7.2%
Caribbean 6.1%
Pakistani 5.8%
Indian 3.8%
Other Black 2.5%
Unclassified 2%
Bangladeshi 1.4%
Chinese 1.4%
Other Asian 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 48%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 42.1
Local authority average 46.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.62
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
MultimediaTechnical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award34
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
BiologyGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE23
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
English LanguageGCSE111
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Four Dwellings Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
79
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
61
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
61
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
117
71
46
Year 8
109
66
43
Year 9
115
71
44
Year 10
98
65
33
Year 11
114
65
49
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
87.1%
85.5%
Further education
67.0%
39.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
6.0%
34.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
16.0%
12.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
4.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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