Ellesmere Park High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 12 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
Salford
Unique reference
144200
Address
Wentworth Road, Eccles, M30 9BP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
809 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
16.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.7%
Persistent absence
23.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
24.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 71%
Other 6.9%
Unclassified 6.8%
Mixed 4.4%
Other White 3%
Bangladeshi 2%
African 1.9%
Indian 1.2%
Other Asian 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Pakistani 0.7%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.34
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.49
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.5
Local authority average 40.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.34
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award24
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award24
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE55
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE157
English LiteratureGCSE153
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ellesmere Park High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
142
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
229
2nd preference
163
3rd preference
83
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
125
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
2
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 classes24.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
182
89
93
Year 8
164
90
74
Year 9
161
77
84
Year 10
150
91
59
Year 11
152
78
74
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
80.3%
86.5%
Further education
69.0%
59.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
2.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
17.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
6.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
8.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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