Sir John Talbot's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 14 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Shropshire
Unique reference
141176
Address
Prees Road, SY13 2BY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
850 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
5.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.1%
Persistent absence
25.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.2%
Other White 4.4%
Mixed 3.2%
Indian 2.5%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
African 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
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
0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.3
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.1
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.97
Local authority average 3.79
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE125
English LiteratureGCSE128
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE27
GeographyGCSE67
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sir John Talbot's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
158
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
152
2nd preference
49
3rd preference
36
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
152
2nd preference
3
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 classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
166
86
80
Year 8
159
88
71
Year 9
141
69
72
Year 10
164
82
82
Year 11
155
78
77
Year 12
40
18
22
Year 13
25
10
15
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
81.7%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
19.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
34.0%
17.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
11.0%
43.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
6.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
79.0%
60.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
17.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
12.0%
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
0.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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