Cockshut Hill School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 29 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
142388
Address
Cockshut Hill, Yardley, B26 2HX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
965 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
54.5%
Girls
45.5%
First language not English
41.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
55.6%
Persistent absence
34.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 29.6%
Pakistani 26.7%
Mixed 11%
African 6.8%
Other 5.2%
Unclassified 5.1%
Bangladeshi 4.5%
Other White 3.2%
Other Asian 2.7%
Indian 2.2%
Caribbean 1.5%
Other Black 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
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
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 57%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.8
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.41
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award12
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award1
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE40
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cockshut Hill School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
207
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
106
2nd preference
139
3rd preference
107
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
106
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
19
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 classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
104
104
Year 8
207
115
92
Year 9
173
97
76
Year 10
176
97
79
Year 11
201
113
88
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
55.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
25.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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