Barr's Hill School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 5 2024 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
Coventry
Unique reference
142339
Address
Radford Road, CV1 4BU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
995 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
55.8%
Girls
44.2%
First language not English
49.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
42.5%
Persistent absence
24.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 29.5%
Other White 15.2%
African 11.2%
Pakistani 9.6%
Other Asian 8.4%
Mixed 7%
Indian 5.8%
Other 5.4%
Bangladeshi 1.6%
Other Black 1.4%
Unclassified 1.4%
Gypsy/Roma 1.3%
Caribbean 1.3%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish Traveller 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
0.8
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 30%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.8
Local authority average 43.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.52
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award23
Health StudiesTechnical Award20
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award11
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE6
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE25
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE128
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Barr's Hill School and Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
179
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
188
2nd preference
183
3rd preference
157
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
143
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
10
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 classes19.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
189
112
77
Year 8
181
94
87
Year 9
186
114
72
Year 10
158
83
75
Year 11
128
68
60
Year 12
79
36
43
Year 13
74
48
26
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
33.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
47.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
3.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
6.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
5.0%
1.3%
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
59.0%
69.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
5.0%
14.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
13.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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