Yardleys School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 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
Birmingham
Unique reference
139994
Address
Reddings Lane, Tyseley, B11 3EY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
924 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
54.3%
Girls
45.7%
First language not English
57%
Free school meals (FSM)
36%
Persistent absence
19.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.0%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 64.2%
Bangladeshi 9%
Mixed 6.6%
Other 5.5%
Indian 3.4%
White British 3%
African 2.9%
Other Asian 1.6%
Other White 1.2%
Unclassified 1.2%
Caribbean 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 45.5
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.68
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award69
ArabicGCSE5
Art & DesignGCSE31
BiologyGCSE200
ChemistryGCSE200
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
Design & TechnologyGCSE60
English LanguageGCSE206
English LiteratureGCSE206
FrenchGCSE15
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Yardleys School

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
203
2nd preference
219
3rd preference
193
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
171
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 classes25.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
189
105
84
Year 8
189
105
84
Year 9
181
102
79
Year 10
180
99
81
Year 11
185
91
94
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
53.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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