Holmleigh Park High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 11 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
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
147300
Address
Windsor Drive, GL4 0RT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1343 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
14%
Free school meals (FSM)
34%
Persistent absence
33.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.4%
Mixed 9.7%
Other White 6.3%
African 6.2%
Unclassified 1.9%
Indian 1.4%
Other Asian 1.3%
Caribbean 1.3%
Pakistani 1%
Other Black 1%
Other 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.9
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.82
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award1
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award97
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE21
Art & DesignGCSE38
ChineseGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE185
English LiteratureGCSE186
FrenchGCSE51
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Holmleigh Park High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
246
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
237
2nd preference
181
3rd preference
76
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
216
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
254
134
120
Year 8
249
131
118
Year 9
243
126
117
Year 10
222
108
114
Year 11
215
108
107
Year 12
83
36
47
Year 13
77
40
37
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
85.9%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
24.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
44.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
10.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
11.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
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
48.0%
63.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
21.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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