Tile Cross Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 5 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
Birmingham
Unique reference
144306
Address
Gressel Lane, Tile Cross, B33 9UF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
616 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
43.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
68.3%
Persistent absence
34.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 29.5%
Pakistani 16.7%
Mixed 13%
African 8.4%
Other White 8%
Other 4.9%
Unclassified 4.4%
Gypsy/Roma 3.2%
Bangladeshi 3.1%
Caribbean 3.1%
Other Asian 2.3%
Other Black 1.9%
Indian 1.1%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

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

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.3
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award11
Sports StudiesTechnical Award33
Health StudiesTechnical Award22
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award1
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE19
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE102
English LiteratureGCSE104
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Tile Cross Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
120
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
103
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
92
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
86
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
1
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
77
73
Year 8
127
58
69
Year 9
115
54
61
Year 10
110
56
54
Year 11
114
63
51
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
68.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
17.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
5.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
18.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
9.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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