Walsall Studio School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 18 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Walsall
Unique reference
139789
Address
14a Lower Hall Lane, The Goldmine Centre, WS1 1RL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
179 (61% of total capacity)
Boys
27.4%
Girls
72.6%
First language not English
2.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.6%
Persistent absence
56.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.4%
Mixed 9%
Caribbean 6.7%
African 5%
Pakistani 2.8%
Indian 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Other White 1.1%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 17%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.5
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.34
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award23
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE46
English LiteratureGCSE44
MathematicsGCSE46
Science: Double AwardGCSE45
Health StudiesTechnical Award19
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award26
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes16.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
61
15
46
Year 11
45
17
28
Year 12
38
9
29
Year 13
35
8
27
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
75.0%
84.2%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
46.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
4.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
14.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
7.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.3%
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
67.0%
65.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
3.0%
15.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
3.0%
14.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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