The Gateway Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 28 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Thurrock
Unique reference
133114
Address
Marshfoot Road, RM16 4LU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1077 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
25.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
38.4%
Persistent absence
21.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.9%
Other White 25.6%
African 12.4%
Mixed 7.4%
Unclassified 5.4%
Bangladeshi 2.9%
Other Black 1.6%
Other 1.6%
Pakistani 1.5%
Other Asian 1.1%
Caribbean 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.2
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.6
Local authority average 3.84
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award33
Health StudiesTechnical Award15
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE33
BiologyGCSE4
Business Studies:SingleGCSE76
ChemistryGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE46
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Gateway Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
209
2nd preference
64
3rd preference
50
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
186
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
5
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 classes27.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
219
110
109
Year 8
218
102
116
Year 9
205
99
106
Year 10
202
95
107
Year 11
233
125
108
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
84.8%
86.5%
Further education
73.0%
53.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
30.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
9.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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