Tottington High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 15 2024 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
Bury
Unique reference
146529
Address
Laurel Street, Tottington, BL8 3LY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
935 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
52.4%
Girls
47.6%
First language not English
8.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.7%
Persistent absence
32.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.4%
Pakistani 9.1%
Mixed 4%
African 3.1%
Other Asian 1.9%
Chinese 1.4%
Other White 1.2%
Irish Traveller 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.63
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.2
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.66
Local authority average 3.89
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award8
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)5
Art & DesignGCSE33
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE55
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE180
English LiteratureGCSE179
GeographyGCSE52
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Tottington High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
174
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
85
2nd preference
140
3rd preference
97
From another Local Authority
28
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
85
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
7
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
195
91
104
Year 8
182
105
77
Year 9
177
96
81
Year 10
188
95
93
Year 11
193
103
90
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
39.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
1.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
45.0%
44.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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