Windsor Olympus Academy
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B18 4LX
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Holyhead School
Milestone Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0HN
Local ranking54th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1250
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 36.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 208
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 69.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 8.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
52
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 36.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 225
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1271
- Boys
- 673 (54%)
- Girls
- 584 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1250 (101% full)
- SEND
- 26.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 62.0%
- EAL
- 74.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.3%
- SEN Support
- 26.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 81.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,288/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 21.6%
- Asian Indian: 19.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 17.6%
- Black African: 9.8%
- Black Caribbean: 7.4%
- White Other: 6.3%
- Other: 5.0%
- Mixed Other: 4.7%
21.6%
Asian Pakistani
19.3%
Asian Indian
17.6%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Milestone Lane
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137034
- UKPRN
- 10034633
- Establishment No.
- 4241
- Trust
- CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS TRUST
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