Fearnhill School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 13 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
117504
Address
Icknield Way West, SG6 4BA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
596 (58% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
11.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.1%
Persistent absence
32.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.5%
Mixed 9.9%
Other White 4.2%
African 2.7%
Indian 2.5%
Other 1.8%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other Asian 1.5%
Pakistani 0.8%
Irish 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.27
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.3
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.73
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE7
English LanguageGCSE77
English LiteratureGCSE75
FrenchGCSE10
GeographyGCSE42
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Fearnhill School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
114
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
110
2nd preference
102
3rd preference
80
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
103
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
114
60
54
Year 8
116
57
59
Year 9
106
53
53
Year 10
106
52
54
Year 11
106
55
51
Year 12
25
14
11
Year 13
23
14
9
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
47.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
65.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
12.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
6.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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