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
- Website
- www.dlsbasildon.org
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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Multimedia | Technical Award | 36 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 27 |
Biology | GCSE | 27 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 49 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 26 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 11 |
English Language | GCSE | 149 |
English Literature | GCSE | 148 |
French | GCSE | 73 |
Geography | GCSE | 72 |
Admissions
De La Salle School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 149
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 257
- 2nd preference
- 197
- 3rd preference
- 147
- From another Local Authority
- 7
Offers
- 1st preference
- 142
- 2nd preference
- 5
- 3rd preference
- 1
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.5 |
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 |
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% |