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
1142 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
89.3%
Girls
10.7%
First language not English
39.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.2%
Persistent absence
8.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
0.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.2%
Indian 26.3%
Other Asian 8.1%
Other White 7.8%
Mixed 5.8%
African 5.1%
Pakistani 3.3%
Chinese 3.2%
Unclassified 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.57
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 98%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 98%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 73.8
Local authority average 48.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.1
Local authority average 4.22
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award22
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award39
BiologyGCSE120
ChemistryGCSE119
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE64
English LanguageGCSE120
English LiteratureGCSE120
FrenchGCSE62
GeographyGCSE92
GermanGCSE47
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Lawrence Sheriff School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
151
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
315
2nd preference
76
3rd preference
50
From another Local Authority
146
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
136
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
40
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
150
0
Year 8
150
150
0
Year 9
150
150
0
Year 10
149
149
0
Year 11
118
118
0
Year 12
224
155
69
Year 13
198
145
53
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
87.0%
86.5%
Further education
2.0%
32.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
96.0%
45.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
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
88.0%
64.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
52.0%
23.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
46.0%
20.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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