Philips High School

Secondary · state · ages 11–16 · 868 pupils · M45 7PH · OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

Requires improvementOfstedInspected Jun 2022

14.3%GCSE grades 8–9England median 9.6%

0.9Applications per placeFirst choices, Year 7 2026

50.3Attainment 8England median 45.8

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37.7% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 914.3% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above28.6% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)50.3 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths54.7% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths73.3% (typical 65.8%)

172 pupils at the end of Year 11.

How hard is it to get in?

For Year 7 in September 2026, 165 families put it first for 180 places (0.9 first choices per place). 100% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Year 7, 2025	166	146	0.9	99%
Year 7, 2026	180	165	0.9	100%

Money

£8,052spent per pupil (typical secondary £7,863)

79%of spending on staff, 54% on teachers

£438krevenue reserve (6.1% of a year's income)

£131ksurplus in the year

Income £7.2m, spending £7.0m (September 2024 to August 2025, 873 pupils).

Run by Oak Learning Partnership, a trust of 7 academies and 3,437 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £4.9m, 11.9% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Progress 8 (how pupils did against similar pupils nationally) isn't published for 2024/25, because these pupils sat no tests at 11 during Covid.
GCSE tables: GCSE (9–1) full courses taken in 2024/25; subjects with 5 or more entries. Small entries swing a lot from year to year.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.

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GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 914.3% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above28.6% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)50.3 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths54.7% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths73.3% (typical 65.8%)

172 pupils at the end of Year 11.

GCSE grades by subject

Subject	Entries	Grades 8–9	England 8–9	Grades 7+	Grades 4+
Mathematics	172	9.3%	13%	19.8%	76.7%
English Language	172	14.5%	9.2%	27.9%	77.3%
English Literature	172	13.4%	9.9%	29.1%	79.7%
French	100	16%	18.1%	29%	86%
History	80	16.3%	15.2%	30%	77.5%
Geography	63	6.3%	13.6%	27%	77.8%
Art and Design	48	16.7%	13.2%	31.3%	91.7%
Computer Science	35	11.4%	19.9%	37.1%	85.7%
Physics	31	22.6%	29.4%	45.2%	93.5%
Chemistry	31	29%	31.4%	48.4%	96.8%
Biology	31	22.6%	28.6%	41.9%	93.5%
Religious Studies	22	45.5%	19%	59.1%	86.4%
Music	20	0%	20.5%	0%	30%
Other Modern Languages	15	0%	31.4%	0%	0%

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Year 7, 2025

166

146

0.9

99%

Year 7, 2026

180

165

0.9

100%