Aldridge School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Walsall, WS9 0BG
- Distance
- 0.9km away
St Francis of Assisi Catholic College
Erdington Road, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 0RN
Local ranking4th of 19 secondary schools in Walsall
Ofsted: Strong
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 53.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 58.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 80.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 10.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 179
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 61.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 21.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
90
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 8.9% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 190
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1113
- Boys
- 546 (49%)
- Girls
- 567 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (101% full)
- SEND
- 13.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.1%
- EAL
- 16.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 11.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,803/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 54.9%
- Black African: 12.0%
- White Other: 11.3%
- Asian Indian: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.1%
- Asian Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.9%
54.9%
White British
12.0%
Black African
11.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Erdington Road
Walsall, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 104255
- UKPRN
- 10006160
- Establishment No.
- 4606
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