Birches Head Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Oct 4 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Unique reference
148220
Address
Birches Head Road, Hanley, ST2 8DD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1045 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.2%
Girls
46.8%
First language not English
26.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.2%
Persistent absence
38.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.7%
Other White 9.2%
Other 8.3%
Pakistani 6.4%
African 6.1%
Mixed 5.5%
Other Asian 2.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
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
-0.87
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.35
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 15%
Local authority average 33%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 30.8
Local authority average 40.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.39
Local authority average 3.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award16
Sports StudiesTechnical Award40
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award11
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award32
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award1
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE23
Art & DesignGCSE40
BiologyGCSE38
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Birches Head Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
197
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
127
2nd preference
71
3rd preference
50
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
127
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes27.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
207
113
94
Year 8
212
109
103
Year 9
199
104
95
Year 10
212
110
102
Year 11
215
120
95
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
68.0%
77.5%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
45.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
12.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
23.0%
19.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
12.0%
7.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
4.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
17.0%
9.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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