Harper Green School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 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
Bolton
Unique reference
143772
Address
Harper Green Road, Farnworth, BL4 0DH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1132 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
53.1%
Girls
46.9%
First language not English
33.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.5%
Persistent absence
27.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 54%
Pakistani 24.4%
African 5.3%
Other White 3.4%
Mixed 3.4%
Other 3.2%
Other Asian 2.5%
Other Black 1.1%
Indian 1%
Chinese 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.3
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.35
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award56
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award35
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award28
Health StudiesTechnical Award73
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award87
Speech & DramaTechnical Award21
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE51
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Harper Green School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
235
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
128
2nd preference
99
3rd preference
101
From another Local Authority
21
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
128
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
9
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
221
120
101
Year 8
228
108
120
Year 9
230
123
107
Year 10
230
129
101
Year 11
223
121
102
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
84.3%
86.5%
Further education
52.0%
44.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
16.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
26.0%
22.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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