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
899 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
16.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.4%
Persistent absence
23.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.3%
Other White 13.3%
Mixed 5.7%
Pakistani 2.3%
African 1.1%
Indian 0.9%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.7
Local authority average 43.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.53
Local authority average 3.77
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award20
Health StudiesTechnical Award29
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award32
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE18
ChemistryGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE143
English LiteratureGCSE143
FrenchGCSE8
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Paulet High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
170
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
168
2nd preference
93
3rd preference
36
From another Local Authority
43
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
162
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
164
73
91
Year 8
166
99
67
Year 9
147
77
70
Year 10
149
77
72
Year 11
148
69
79
Year 12
59
24
35
Year 13
66
18
48
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
29.0%
46.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
48.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
65.0%
51.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
10.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
3.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
3.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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