Holmleigh Park High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 12 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
39.2%
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 %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 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
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award68
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award23
Speech & DramaTechnical Award31
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE35
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE44
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE215
Year 2023-2024

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
77.0%
85.3%
85.6%
Further education
37.0%
25.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
39.0%
48.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
11.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
9.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
4.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
4.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
61.0%
65.7%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
27.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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