Lordswood Boys' School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B17 8BJ
- Distance
- 0.8km away
George Dixon Academy
Portland Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9GD
Local ranking73rd of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1129
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 17 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 33.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 15.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 35.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 32.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 177
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Higher education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
26.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
35
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 3.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 88
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1031
- Boys
- 535 (52%)
- Girls
- 496 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1129 (91% full)
- SEND
- 13.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 65.6%
- EAL
- 60.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.2%
- SEN Support
- 13.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,018/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 35.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 28.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 21.6%
- Other: 12.1%
- Asian Indian: 6.9%
- White Other: 6.5%
- Black Caribbean: 4.9%
- Black Other: 3.7%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
28.8%
Black African
21.6%
Asian Pakistani
12.1%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Portland Road
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 138695
- UKPRN
- 10038605
- Establishment No.
- 5412
- Trust
- GEORGE DIXON ACADEMY
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