Southlands High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Feb 7 2024 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
Lancashire
Unique reference
143794
Address
Clover Road, PR7 2NJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
926 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
6.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
27%
Persistent absence
47.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.3%
Mixed 3.8%
Other White 2.9%
African 1.6%
Pakistani 1.3%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other Asian 1.2%
Indian 1%
Chinese 0.9%
Other 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.63
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.2
Local authority average 45
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
TourismTechnical Award62
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
DanceGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE162
English LiteratureGCSE160
GeographyGCSE45
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Southlands High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
166
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
85
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
87
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
85
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
14
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
178
104
74
Year 8
205
104
101
Year 9
172
95
77
Year 10
206
110
96
Year 11
165
76
89
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
70.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
65.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
5.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
10.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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