Rayner Stephens High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Sept 27 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Tameside
Unique reference
148430
Address
Yew Tree Lane, SK16 5BL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
580 (65% of total capacity)
Boys
43.4%
Girls
56.6%
First language not English
17.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.9%
Persistent absence
36.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.2%
Mixed 9.5%
African 4.7%
Other White 2.9%
Pakistani 2.8%
Other Asian 2.1%
Other 2.1%
Bangladeshi 1.4%
Indian 1%
Unclassified 0.7%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.86
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.9
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award30
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
BengaliGCSE2
BiologyGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE108
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Rayner Stephens High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
152
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
75
2nd preference
84
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
75
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
2
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 classes26.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
126
54
72
Year 8
82
35
47
Year 9
107
49
58
Year 10
141
59
82
Year 11
124
55
69
Year 2023-2024

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