Greenwood Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 20 2021 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
Birmingham
Unique reference
139048
Address
Farnborough Road, Castle Vale, B35 7NL
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
963 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
10.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
50.1%
Persistent absence
35.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 60.7%
Mixed 17.5%
Pakistani 4.4%
Other White 3%
Caribbean 3%
African 3%
Unclassified 2.3%
Other Black 2.1%
Other 1.3%
Other Asian 1.1%
Chinese 0.8%
Indian 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 73%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 40.4
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.49
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award30
Music Studies (General)Technical Award8
Sports StudiesTechnical Award27
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award24
Health StudiesTechnical Award50
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award49
Speech & DramaTechnical Award17
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)12
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Greenwood Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
198
2nd preference
72
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
160
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
3
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
182
98
84
Year 8
177
81
96
Year 9
176
101
75
Year 10
174
100
74
Year 11
173
92
81
Year 12
41
13
28
Year 13
40
18
22
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
25.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
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
50.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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