Lawrence Sheriff School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Warwickshire
Unique reference
141277
Address
Clifton Road, CV21 3AG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1201 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
88.3%
Girls
11.7%
First language not English
37.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.6%
Persistent absence
6.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
0.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 36.6%
Indian 27.6%
Other Asian 8.3%
Other White 7.4%
Mixed 5.3%
African 4.9%
Chinese 3.2%
Pakistani 3.1%
Unclassified 1.6%
Other 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 86%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 96%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 75
Local authority average 47.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 7.14
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE150
ChemistryGCSE150
ChineseGCSE2
Classical CivilisationGCSE16
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE59
English LanguageGCSE150
English LiteratureGCSE150
FrenchGCSE57
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Lawrence Sheriff School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
149
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
332
2nd preference
81
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
147
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
135
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
151
0
Year 8
151
151
0
Year 9
150
150
0
Year 10
149
149
0
Year 11
150
150
0
Year 12
225
153
72
Year 13
225
157
68
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
86.2%
85.5%
Further education
3.0%
33.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
88.0%
44.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
7.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
86.0%
59.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
57.0%
20.9%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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