De La Salle School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 2 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
115237
Address
Ghyllgrove, SS14 2LA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
755 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
17.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.3%
Persistent absence
24.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 61.6%
African 10.2%
Other White 10.1%
Mixed 8.5%
Other Asian 2.9%
Other Black 2%
Unclassified 1.6%
Caribbean 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.08
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.8
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.1
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award36
Art & DesignGCSE27
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE149
English LiteratureGCSE148
FrenchGCSE73
GeographyGCSE72
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

De La Salle School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
149
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
257
2nd preference
197
3rd preference
147
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
142
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
88
63
Year 8
154
79
75
Year 9
147
66
81
Year 10
152
79
73
Year 11
151
73
78
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
58.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
23.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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