Holly Lodge High School College of Science

Type Secondary / Foundation school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Holly Lane
Smethwick
West Midlands
B67 7JG
Phone 01215580691
Reference Number 104018

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1618
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.05%
Girls: 48.95%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 39%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 52.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 150 124 274
8 160 123 283
9 150 126 276
10 134 147 281
11 160 142 302
12 34 77 111
13 38 53 91

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Pakistani 21.8%
Indian 20.1%
African 9.6%
Asian, Other 9.2%
White, Other 3.6%
White, British 3.3%
Unclassified 2.2%
Mixed, Other 2%
Caribbean 2%
White & Asian 1.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-05-06
Date Description Report
2022-03-02 School inspection School inspection
2017-02-14 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-05-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-05-10 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2011-12-13 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2010-06-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-03-02 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-10-11 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-02-14 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
39.9 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 26.7% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 46.5% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 31.24 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 32.11 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C C C+
Average Grade (best 3) C+ C C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 10.5% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 90 48
Third Preference 58 13
From another Local Authority 19 3

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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