Kirkby High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 13 2022 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
Knowsley
Unique reference
140001
Address
Bracknell Avenue, Kirkby, L32 9PP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1028 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
7.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
56.9%
Persistent absence
43.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.1%
Other White 3.5%
Mixed 2.8%
Other 1.8%
Unclassified 1.7%
African 0.9%
Other Asian 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.9
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 16%
Local authority average 20%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32
Local authority average 33.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.65
Local authority average 2.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award9
Art & DesignGCSE61
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE44
DanceGCSE9
English LanguageGCSE194
English LiteratureGCSE194
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE27
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Kirkby High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
181
2nd preference
180
3rd preference
40
From another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
156
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
1
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 classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
238
135
103
Year 8
203
104
99
Year 9
197
100
97
Year 10
193
97
96
Year 11
197
101
96
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
66.0%
71.8%
85.6%
Further education
48.0%
48.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
3.0%
5.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
15.0%
16.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
11.0%
8.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
19.0%
14.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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