Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 22 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
143438
Address
Woodbrooke Road, Bournville, B30 1UL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
770 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
56.4%
Girls
43.6%
First language not English
18.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
36%
Persistent absence
29.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 51.9%
Mixed 19.4%
Caribbean 4.9%
Other 4.9%
African 3.6%
Other White 2.7%
Pakistani 2.2%
Chinese 2.2%
Indian 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1.8%
Unclassified 1.7%
Other Asian 1.4%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 44.7
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.96
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award35
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
MultimediaTechnical Award14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE33
Business Studies:SingleGCSE37
ChemistryGCSE33
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
150
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
150
2nd preference
300
3rd preference
253
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
100
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
9
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 classes24.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
93
56
Year 8
142
72
70
Year 9
140
82
58
Year 10
137
83
54
Year 11
150
81
69
Year 12
25
14
11
Year 13
27
9
18
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
54.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
25.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.8%
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
68.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
23.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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