Kingsway Park High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
No rating
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
Rochdale
Unique reference
148790
Address
Turf Hill Road, OL16 4XA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1341 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.7%
Girls
46.3%
First language not English
40.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.8%
Persistent absence
25.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.0%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 50.9%
White British 16.3%
Unclassified 8.6%
Bangladeshi 6.3%
African 5%
Mixed 3.8%
Other White 3%
Other 2%
Other Asian 1.5%
Gypsy/Roma 1%
Other Black 0.9%
Indian 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 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
-0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.28
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.9
Local authority average 41.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.41
Local authority average 3.52
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award38
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE11
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE40
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE57
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE175
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kingsway Park High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
257
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
272
2nd preference
190
3rd preference
136
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
237
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
3
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 classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
265
144
121
Year 8
261
138
123
Year 9
267
144
123
Year 10
279
137
142
Year 11
269
157
112
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
85.7%
86.5%
Further education
42.0%
45.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
3.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
49.0%
36.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
6.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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