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
1062 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
70.1%
Girls
29.9%
First language not English
5.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
50.7%
Persistent absence
29.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.8%
Bangladeshi 2.5%
Mixed 2.4%
Other White 1.5%
Other 0.8%
Other Asian 0.5%
African 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.2
Local authority average 45.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.02
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award33
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award45
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award20
Speech & DramaTechnical Award19
TourismTechnical Award19
Art & DesignGCSE34
BiologyGCSE19
ChemistryGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE187
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Co-op Academy Bebington

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
184
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
181
2nd preference
119
3rd preference
77
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
180
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
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 classes17.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
204
146
58
Year 8
206
137
69
Year 9
191
130
61
Year 10
192
143
49
Year 11
188
123
65
Year 12
47
36
11
Year 13
34
29
5
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
84.5%
85.5%
Further education
44.0%
25.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
30.0%
39.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
15.0%
19.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
33.0%
63.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
22.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
7.0%
1.7%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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