Co-op Academy Bebington

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wirral
Unique reference
146315
Address
Higher Bebington Road, Bebington, CH63 2PS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1122 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
69.0%
Girls
31.0%
First language not English
5.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.2%
Persistent absence
32.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.2%
Bangladeshi 2.9%
Mixed 2%
Other White 1.2%
Other 0.7%
Other Asian 0.4%
African 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 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
-0.44
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 39%
Local authority average 49%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.7
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award46
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award25
Music Studies (General)Technical Award28
Health StudiesTechnical Award1
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE54
BiologyGCSE19
ChemistryGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Co-op Academy Bebington

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
187
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
235
2nd preference
126
3rd preference
65
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
182
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
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 classes18.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
139
70
Year 8
203
141
62
Year 9
197
146
51
Year 10
202
128
74
Year 11
192
132
60
Year 12
67
50
17
Year 13
52
38
14
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
87.4%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
21.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
22.0%
47.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
17.0%
17.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
58.0%
69.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
26.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
23.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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