Paulet High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 16 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
147574
Address
Violet Way, Stapenhill, DE15 9RT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
925 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
16%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.3%
Persistent absence
22.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.8%
Other White 13.8%
Mixed 6.1%
Pakistani 1.9%
Other Asian 1%
Indian 0.8%
African 0.8%
Other 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
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
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.71
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award28
Health StudiesTechnical Award36
MultimediaTechnical Award39
Speech & DramaTechnical Award15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE8
BiologyGCSE18
ChemistryGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE140
English LiteratureGCSE140
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Paulet High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
160
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
138
2nd preference
85
3rd preference
38
From another Local Authority
52
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
138
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
23
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
168
100
68
Year 8
161
86
75
Year 9
162
81
81
Year 10
148
70
78
Year 11
149
83
66
Year 12
72
23
49
Year 13
65
29
36
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
83.9%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
40.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
38.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
9.0%
5.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
53.0%
55.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
11.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
14.0%
9.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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