Leek High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 5 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
13 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
142711
Address
Springfield Road, ST13 6EU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
253 (40% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
4.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.9%
Persistent absence
6.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.1%
Other White 2.4%
African 1.2%
Mixed 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Indian 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 1%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38
Local authority average 43.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.15
Local authority average 3.77
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award6
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award26
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award15
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Sports StudiesTechnical Award14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE4
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE73
English LiteratureGCSE73
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE16
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
105
45
60
Year 10
75
37
38
Year 11
73
42
31
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
68.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
44.0%
46.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
13.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
10.0%
3.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
8.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
50.0%
51.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
3.0%
10.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
6.0%
3.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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