Lordswood Boys' School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
145120
Address
Hagley Road, Harborne, B17 8BJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
542 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
45.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
43%
Persistent absence
21.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 21.4%
Other 15.1%
African 14.8%
Mixed 13.1%
Indian 11.3%
Other White 7%
White British 5.4%
Caribbean 4.6%
Unclassified 2.2%
Other Black 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Chinese 1.1%
Other Asian 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.38
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 42.8
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.68
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE69
English LiteratureGCSE69
FrenchGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Lordswood Boys' School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
127
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
62
2nd preference
61
3rd preference
50
From another Local Authority
37
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
62
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
19
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
102
102
0
Year 8
121
121
0
Year 9
112
112
0
Year 10
98
98
0
Year 11
109
109
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
63.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
27.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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