Kirk Balk Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 21 2020 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
Barnsley
Unique reference
140979
Address
West Street, Hoyland, S74 9HX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1333 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
1.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.6%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.6%
Mixed 1.9%
Other White 1.4%
Unclassified 1%
African 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.17
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.7
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.54
Local authority average 3.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award47
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award17
Health StudiesTechnical Award30
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award7
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE55
Business Studies:SingleGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE55
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kirk Balk Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
257
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
268
2nd preference
71
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
247
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
273
132
141
Year 8
273
142
131
Year 9
267
136
131
Year 10
264
132
132
Year 11
256
132
124
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
81.1%
86.5%
Further education
74.0%
69.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
7.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
6.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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