Heritage High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 11 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
Derbyshire
Unique reference
144391
Address
Boughton Lane, Clowne, S43 4QG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
951 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
1.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.3%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.6%
Other White 2.1%
African 1.4%
Mixed 1%
Other 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 30%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.9
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.35
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award9
TourismTechnical Award13
Art & DesignGCSE12
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE17
Business Studies:SingleGCSE6
ChemistryGCSE17
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE3
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Heritage High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
165
2nd preference
43
3rd preference
19
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
205
107
98
Year 8
203
107
96
Year 9
203
100
103
Year 10
174
87
87
Year 11
166
79
87
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
81.4%
85.5%
Further education
64.0%
41.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
13.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
5.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
6.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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