Barr's Hill School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Radford Road
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 4BU
Phone 02476234600
Reference Number 142339

General Makeup

Number of pupils 995
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55.78%
Girls: 44.22%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 43.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 50.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 19.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 112 77 189
8 94 87 181
9 114 72 186
10 83 75 158
11 68 60 128
12 36 43 79
13 48 26 74

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 29.5%
White, Other 15.2%
African 11.2%
Pakistani 9.6%
Asian, Other 8.4%
Indian 5.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3%
Mixed, Other 2.3%
Unclassified 1.4%
Caribbean 1.3%
White & Asian 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2024-04-18
Date Description Report
2024-03-05 School inspection: School inspection:
2018-09-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2016-09-19 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2016-03-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-10-18 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
2013-05-21 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2012-10-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-12-13 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2010-07-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-01-22 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-02-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2005-05-16 Inspection Inspection
2002-12-09 Full inspection Full inspection
2013-05-21 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2012-10-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-12-13 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2010-07-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-01-22 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-02-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2005-05-16 Inspection Inspection
2002-12-09 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)
46.7 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 53.2% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 61.9% 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 33.53 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 34.7 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 15.4% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Unlock Unlock
Second Preference 183 26
Third Preference 157 10
From another Local Authority 4 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
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0.54 miles
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2.69 miles
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