Whitecross Hereford

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Unique reference
139189
Address
Three Elms Road, HR4 0RN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
939 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
9.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.6%
Persistent absence
25.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.1%
Other White 8.5%
Other 1.7%
Mixed 1.5%
Indian 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
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
-0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.8
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.22
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award58
Health StudiesTechnical Award28
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award22
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE22
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE188
English LiteratureGCSE188
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Whitecross Hereford

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
187
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
197
2nd preference
92
3rd preference
67
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
90
97
Year 8
189
101
88
Year 9
188
92
96
Year 10
185
98
87
Year 11
190
104
86
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
82.4%
85.6%
Further education
41.0%
37.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
9.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
39.0%
35.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
6.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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