Heathside School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 15 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Surrey
Unique reference
142314
Address
Brooklands Lane, KT13 8UZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1262 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
54.0%
Girls
46.0%
First language not English
10.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.5%
Persistent absence
14.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.7%
Other White 10.7%
Mixed 8%
Chinese 2.9%
Indian 2.5%
Other Asian 2.4%
Pakistani 1.2%
Other 1.1%
African 1%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.67
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 84%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 81%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60.8
Local authority average 50.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.73
Local authority average 4.49
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)20
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE23
Art & DesignGCSE23
BiologyGCSE205
Business Studies:SingleGCSE96
ChemistryGCSE202
ChineseGCSE6
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE58
Design & TechnologyGCSE12
Applied EngineeringGCSE21
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Heathside School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
236
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
243
2nd preference
147
3rd preference
100
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
215
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
214
106
108
Year 8
216
115
101
Year 9
215
111
104
Year 10
221
124
97
Year 11
203
117
86
Year 12
103
61
42
Year 13
90
48
42
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
89.2%
86.5%
Further education
12.0%
25.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
30.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
29.0%
32.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.1%
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
92.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
48.0%
24.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
46.0%
21.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020