Idsall School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Sept 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Shropshire
Unique reference
140922
Address
Coppice Green Lane, TF11 8PD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1238 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.5%
Girls
48.5%
First language not English
2.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.9%
Persistent absence
24.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.8%
Mixed 4.9%
Indian 2.7%
Other White 2.2%
African 1.3%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.34
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.3
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.7
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.84
Local authority average 3.79
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award47
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award41
Health StudiesTechnical Award57
Art & DesignGCSE43
BiologyGCSE58
Business Studies:SingleGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE57
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE32
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Idsall School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
211
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
180
2nd preference
60
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
123
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
176
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
52
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
209
112
97
Year 8
215
99
116
Year 9
213
119
94
Year 10
220
120
100
Year 11
214
105
109
Year 12
59
34
25
Year 13
108
49
59
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
81.7%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
19.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
17.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
19.0%
43.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
6.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
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
77.0%
60.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
17.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
26.0%
17.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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