Five Acres High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
144013
Address
Five Acres, GL16 7QW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
787 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
48.0%
Girls
52.0%
First language not English
1.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.2%
Persistent absence
25.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 95.7%
Other White 1.7%
Mixed 1.3%
Other Asian 0.5%
African 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.74
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 40%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.4
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.36
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award15
Speech & DramaTechnical Award33
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
EconomicsGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE135
English LiteratureGCSE135
FrenchGCSE29
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Five Acres High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
168
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
159
2nd preference
49
3rd preference
24
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
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 classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
157
82
75
Year 8
179
84
95
Year 9
170
87
83
Year 10
144
70
74
Year 11
137
55
82
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
85.3%
85.6%
Further education
54.0%
25.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
13.0%
48.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
14.0%
11.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
11.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
4.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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