John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Ledbury Road
Ross-on-Wye
Herefordshire
HR9 7ET
Phone 01989764358
Reference Number 136399

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1375
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.04%
Girls: 49.96%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 94 121 215
8 123 118 241
9 137 115 252
10 122 111 233
11 119 111 230
12 47 54 101
13 46 57 103

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 88.2%
White, Other 6.8%
Mixed, Other 1.8%
White & Asian 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Asian, Other 0.2%
Indian 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2024-10-22
Date Description Report
2024-09-24 School inspection School inspection
2022-03-22 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-03-14 Short inspection Short inspection
2012-09-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
2011-01-07 Interim assessment Interim assessment
Previously as John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre
2010-01-12 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-01-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-02-02 Full inspection Full inspection
2010-01-12 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-01-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-02-02 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)
46.8 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 45.7% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 64.3% 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 33.59 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 30.81 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 12.2% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 63 9
Third Preference 28 0
From another Local Authority 67 21

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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