Stopsley High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 13 2022 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
Luton
Unique reference
148692
Address
St Thomas's Road, LU2 7UX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1081 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
38.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.8%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 21.7%
Other White 16.2%
Pakistani 14.9%
Mixed 12.4%
Bangladeshi 10.1%
African 8.2%
Indian 4%
Other Asian 3.3%
Unclassified 2.6%
Caribbean 2.3%
Other 2.1%
Other Black 1.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
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
-0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.9
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.22
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award11
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)6
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
BengaliGCSE4
BiologyGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE48
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE219
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Stopsley High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
256
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
87
2nd preference
146
3rd preference
169
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
87
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
27
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 classes25.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
225
108
117
Year 8
228
107
121
Year 9
205
107
98
Year 10
205
102
103
Year 11
218
119
99
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
90.4%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
27.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
8.0%
12.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
49.0%
49.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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