Hamstead Hall Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 10 2024 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
Birmingham
Unique reference
139746
Address
Craythorne Avenue, Handsworth Wood, B20 1HL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1185 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
58.6%
Girls
41.4%
First language not English
49.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.8%
Persistent absence
19.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.6%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 25.4%
Pakistani 19.1%
Caribbean 9.8%
Mixed 9.7%
Other White 7.3%
Other 5.7%
Unclassified 5.7%
Bangladeshi 5.5%
African 5.5%
White British 2.7%
Other Asian 2%
Other Black 0.9%
Chinese 0.3%
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
0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 53%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.4
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.83
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award12
Health StudiesTechnical Award45
MultimediaTechnical Award23
Speech & DramaTechnical Award12
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE11
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE26
Art & DesignGCSE18
BiologyGCSE73
Business Studies:SingleGCSE92
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hamstead Hall Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
165
2nd preference
153
3rd preference
171
From another Local Authority
60
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
156
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
22
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 classes21.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
210
143
67
Year 8
209
127
82
Year 9
191
116
75
Year 10
188
91
97
Year 11
191
109
82
Year 12
101
59
42
Year 13
95
49
46
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
46.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
87.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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