Canon Slade School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 23 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bolton
Unique reference
144044
Address
Bradshaw Brow, Bradshaw, BL2 3BP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1753 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
7.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.9%
Persistent absence
13.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.1%
African 11.2%
Mixed 5.7%
Unclassified 4%
Other White 2.2%
Chinese 1.9%
Indian 1.7%
Other Black 1.7%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.08
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.8
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.62
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
Art & DesignGCSE74
BiologyGCSE94
ChemistryGCSE94
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE52
Design & TechnologyGCSE70
DanceGCSE15
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Canon Slade School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
294
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
291
2nd preference
275
3rd preference
192
From another Local Authority
120
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
273
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
51
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 classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
301
143
158
Year 8
298
133
165
Year 9
296
160
136
Year 10
298
140
158
Year 11
300
142
158
Year 12
132
63
69
Year 13
128
83
45
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
83.0%
85.6%
Further education
38.0%
43.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
46.0%
14.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
9.0%
23.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
5.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
6.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
SP
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
66.6%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
34.0%
15.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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