Leek High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 6 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
275 (46% of total capacity)
Boys
56.7%
Girls
43.3%
First language not English
2.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.1%
Persistent absence
18.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 95.3%
Other White 1.8%
Mixed 1.5%
Indian 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.91
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 19%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.1
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.52
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award2
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE8
BiologyGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE5
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE73
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
77
38
39
Year 10
79
48
31
Year 11
90
53
37
Year 13
29
17
12
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
83.9%
86.5%
Further education
42.0%
40.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
30.0%
38.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
15.0%
5.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
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
77.0%
55.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
11.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
20.0%
9.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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