The Birley Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 9 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
Sheffield
Unique reference
143963
Address
Birley Lane, S12 3BP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1091 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
7.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.1%
Persistent absence
36.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.6%
Unclassified 5.3%
Mixed 4.5%
African 3.2%
Other White 1.8%
Other Black 1.8%
Other Asian 1.6%
Pakistani 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.3
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.7
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.18
Local authority average 3.85
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE47
BiologyGCSE13
ChemistryGCSE13
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE198
English LiteratureGCSE190
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE53
FrenchGCSE34
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Birley Academy

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
197
2nd preference
68
3rd preference
55
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
197
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes26.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
223
117
106
Year 8
226
113
113
Year 9
217
112
105
Year 10
222
115
107
Year 11
203
106
97
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
83.1%
85.6%
Further education
60.0%
37.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
16.0%
36.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
8.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
8.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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