Lyndon School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 3 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Solihull
Unique reference
142075
Address
Daylesford Road, B92 8EJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1166 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
49.5%
Girls
50.5%
First language not English
23.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.1%
Persistent absence
18.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 53.5%
Pakistani 15.3%
Mixed 8.7%
Indian 4.1%
Chinese 3%
Bangladeshi 2.7%
Other White 2.6%
Other Asian 2.4%
African 2.3%
Other 2.1%
Unclassified 1.9%
Caribbean 1.2%
Other Black 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 58%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.3
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award12
Health StudiesTechnical Award50
Speech & DramaTechnical Award15
TourismTechnical Award23
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE110
ChemistryGCSE31
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Lyndon School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
227
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
242
2nd preference
171
3rd preference
111
From another Local Authority
489
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
186
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
125
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 classes26.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
241
116
125
Year 8
244
126
118
Year 9
227
101
126
Year 10
252
127
125
Year 11
202
107
95
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
85.8%
86.5%
Further education
49.0%
36.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
32.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
29.0%
15.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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