Hillside High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 20 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Sefton
Unique reference
141693
Address
Breeze Hill, L20 9NU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
696 (69% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
17.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
54.2%
Persistent absence
35.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.3%
Other White 7%
African 7%
Other 2.7%
Mixed 2.3%
Other Asian 1.9%
Other Black 1.3%
Unclassified 1%
Chinese 0.9%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.48
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 43%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.2
Local authority average 42
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.45
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award8
Art & DesignGCSE31
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE25
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE11
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE121
English LiteratureGCSE117
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Hillside High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
170
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
144
2nd preference
105
3rd preference
69
From another Local Authority
190
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
131
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
101
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 classes25.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
169
82
87
Year 8
150
71
79
Year 9
117
52
65
Year 10
131
71
60
Year 11
129
67
62
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
84.3%
85.6%
Further education
56.0%
51.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
14.0%
29.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
2.0%
2.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
7.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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