Grace Academy Darlaston

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-19
Religion Does not apply
Address Herberts Park Road
Darlaston
Wednesbury
West Midlands
WS10 8QJ
Phone 01215683300
Reference Number 135956

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1068
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.78%
Girls: 48.22%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 50.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 129 97 226
8 103 107 210
9 114 96 210
10 89 85 174
11 79 94 173
12 16 17 33
13 23 19 42

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 55.8%
Pakistani 7.6%
Indian 5.8%
African 5.4%
White, Other 4.6%
Asian, Other 3.4%
Caribbean 3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.6%
White & Asian 2.6%
Mixed, Other 1.4%
Unclassified 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
Chinese 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-06-20
Date Description Report
2022-04-26 School inspection School inspection
2017-04-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-05-20 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-01-23 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-11-05 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-07-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-11-07 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2012-03-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-03-29 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)
42.1 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 30.1% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 56.1% 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 25.93 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C- C C+
Average Grade (best 3) SUPP C C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 93 12
Third Preference 52 2
From another Local Authority 39 7

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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