Poynton High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 29 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire East
Unique reference
146387
Address
Yew Tree Lane, Poynton, SK12 1PU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1499 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
4.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.3%
Persistent absence
24.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.4%
Unclassified 17.5%
Mixed 3.2%
Chinese 2.7%
Other White 1.1%
Other Asian 1.1%
Pakistani 0.7%
Irish 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.4
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.66
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE34
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE78
ChemistryGCSE59
ChineseGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE36
Design & TechnologyGCSE45
English LanguageGCSE207
English LiteratureGCSE205
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE32
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Poynton High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
244
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
232
2nd preference
118
3rd preference
69
From another Local Authority
160
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
225
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
49
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 classes25.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
249
137
112
Year 8
242
120
122
Year 9
244
118
126
Year 10
243
133
110
Year 11
223
108
115
Year 12
145
75
70
Year 13
153
70
83
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
37.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
62.0%
44.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
12.0%
5.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.4%
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
79.0%
51.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
40.0%
17.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
33.0%
14.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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