Kenilworth School and Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 7 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Warwickshire
Unique reference
146697
Address
Glasshouse Lane, CV8 2AL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1860 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
49.9%
Girls
50.1%
First language not English
9%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.3%
Persistent absence
17.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.1%
Mixed 6.3%
Unclassified 5.3%
Other White 4.6%
Indian 3.7%
Other Asian 2.5%
Chinese 2.2%
Other 1.2%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
African 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.79
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 67%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.5
Local authority average 48.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.22
Local authority average 4.22
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award10
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
Health StudiesTechnical Award18
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award19
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE61
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE47
BiologyGCSE128
Business Studies:SingleGCSE136
ChemistryGCSE128
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kenilworth School and Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
323
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
331
2nd preference
205
3rd preference
124
From another Local Authority
183
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
293
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
33
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 classes19.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
296
154
142
Year 8
272
124
148
Year 9
273
136
137
Year 10
268
141
127
Year 11
301
156
145
Year 12
238
120
118
Year 13
212
98
114
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
87.0%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
32.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
68.0%
45.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
7.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
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
87.0%
64.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
23.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
36.0%
20.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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