The Hollins

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
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
148922
Address
Hollins Lane, BB5 2QY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
794 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
27.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.6%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.8%
Pakistani 28.6%
Mixed 2.7%
Other White 2.3%
Bangladeshi 2.3%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other Asian 1.6%
Indian 0.4%
African 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
-0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 9%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.1
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.55
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award20
Speech & DramaTechnical Award7
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE49
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE17
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE158
English LiteratureGCSE156
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Hollins

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
158
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
219
2nd preference
177
3rd preference
180
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
148
2nd preference
8
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 classes24
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
156
72
84
Year 8
168
92
76
Year 9
157
78
79
Year 10
155
84
71
Year 11
158
78
80
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
82.2%
86.5%
Further education
56.0%
47.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
22.0%
12.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
21.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
5.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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