Sir Graham Balfour High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 14 2019 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
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
142983
Address
North Avenue, ST16 1NR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
970 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
48.8%
Girls
51.2%
First language not English
6.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.2%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.7%
Mixed 4.4%
Other White 4.1%
Indian 2%
Other 1.1%
Other Asian 1%
African 0.7%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 43%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.2
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.66
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award19
Health StudiesTechnical Award18
MultimediaTechnical Award10
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award17
TourismTechnical Award11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
BiologyGCSE38
Business Studies:SingleGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE38
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sir Graham Balfour High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
224
2nd preference
66
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
204
2nd preference
0
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 classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
195
107
88
Year 8
197
95
102
Year 9
161
75
86
Year 10
172
85
87
Year 11
175
74
101
Year 12
35
20
15
Year 13
35
17
18
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
83.9%
86.5%
Further education
47.0%
40.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
36.0%
38.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
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
83.0%
55.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
31.0%
11.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
23.0%
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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