Kidsgrove Secondary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
Staffordshire
Unique reference
146635
Address
Gloucester Road, ST7 4DL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
300 (38% of total capacity)
Boys
53.7%
Girls
46.3%
First language not English
1.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.3%
Persistent absence
22.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.3%
Mixed 4%
Other 0.7%
Other White 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 19%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.5
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.04
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE61
English LiteratureGCSE61
GeographyGCSE42
HistoryGCSE24
MathematicsGCSE61
MusicGCSE3
SpanishGCSE9
Physical Education/Sports StudiesGCSE20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kidsgrove Secondary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
94
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
89
2nd preference
42
3rd preference
16
From another Local Authority
34
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
89
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
18
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 classes27.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
67
38
29
Year 8
60
32
28
Year 9
50
22
28
Year 10
61
37
24
Year 11
62
32
30
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
83.9%
86.5%
Further education
74.0%
40.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
38.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
3.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
9.0%
5.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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