George Salter Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-19
Religion Does not apply
Address Davey Road
West Bromwich
West Midlands
B70 9UW
Phone 01215534665
Reference Number 135234

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1462
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.96%
Girls: 49.04%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 34.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 52.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 120 134 254
8 136 115 251
9 133 118 251
10 144 111 255
11 132 136 268
12 37 54 91
13 43 49 92

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 18.9%
Indian 17.4%
White, Other 10.3%
Pakistani 8%
African 6.6%
Asian, Other 6.5%
Caribbean 5.1%
Mixed, Other 2.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.1%
White & Asian 1.8%
Unclassified 1%
Chinese 0.2%
White & Black (African) 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-07-17
Date Description Report
2023-05-23 School inspection School inspection
2017-05-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2016-09-13 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2016-03-02 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-01-22 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-09-22 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2010-01-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-02-10 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

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)
42.5 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 35.8% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 52.2% 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 29.28 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 30.95 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 4.8% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 159 32
Third Preference 94 8
From another Local Authority 13 2

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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