Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
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Yardleys School
- Pupils on roll
- 930of 950 places
- Free school meals
- 63.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 176
- Ofsted
- Good, 7 March 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Yardleys School (URN 103520, until 1 August 2013).
What the data says
Yardleys School has no sixth form. Of the 206 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 47% moved to a sixth form college and 39% to a further education college.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 47% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Chemistry is unusually popular at GCSE: 98% of the year group took it, against 23% of pupils across England.
Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 97% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Birmingham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Yardleys School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 206 | 14,526 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 5% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 47% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | — | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | — | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Yardleys School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.7 | 46.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 57% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.98 | 4.15 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 45.3 | 40.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.1 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 66% | 39% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 177 | 100% | 86% | 25% | 21% | 85% |
| English Language | 177 | 100% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 65% |
| Mathematics | 177 | 100% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 71% |
| Physics | 172 | 98% | 23% | 15% | 46% | 52% |
| Chemistry | 172 | 98% | 23% | 9% | 47% | 52% |
| Biology | 171 | 97% | 23% | 12% | 45% | 51% |
| Geography | 92 | 52% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 63% |
| Religious Studies | 82 | 47% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 85% |
| History | 62 | 35% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 52% |
| Spanish | 58 | 33% | 19% | 7% | 27% | 45% |
| French | 47 | 27% | 18% | 6% | 29% | 32% |
| Design and Technology | 40 | 23% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 33% |
| Computer Science | 35 | 20% | 13% | 17% | 30% | 74% |
| Fine Art | 18 | 10% | 9% | 6% | 28% | 67% |
| Photography | 17 | 10% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 88% |
| Combined Science | 5 | 3% | 65% | — | 9% | — |
| Drama | 5 | 3% | 7% | — | 27% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 79 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 41 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 16 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 3 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.