Stanley High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 12 2020 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
Sefton
Unique reference
144618
Address
Fleetwood Road, PR9 9TF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
841 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
7.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.5%
Persistent absence
33.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.9%
Other White 6.8%
Mixed 5%
Unclassified 1.2%
Other Asian 1%
Indian 0.4%
Other 0.4%
African 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.45
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 87%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.7
Local authority average 42
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.79
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE35
BiologyGCSE33
ChemistryGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
DanceGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE140
English LiteratureGCSE137
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE48
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Stanley High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
153
2nd preference
104
3rd preference
76
From another Local Authority
38
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
153
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
15
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 classes25.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
168
80
88
Year 8
180
97
83
Year 9
178
93
85
Year 10
175
92
83
Year 11
140
82
58
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
84.3%
85.6%
Further education
85.0%
51.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
4.0%
29.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
7.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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