Maltings Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Sept 19 2023 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
Essex
Unique reference
135653
Address
Spinks Lane, CM8 1EP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
891 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
4.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
20%
Persistent absence
30.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.4%
Mixed 6.8%
Other White 3.6%
African 3.3%
Indian 1.2%
Other Asian 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 30%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.3
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.8
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE39
Art & DesignGCSE20
BiologyGCSE33
Business Studies:SingleGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE33
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE169
English LiteratureGCSE167
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE33
FrenchGCSE29
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Maltings Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
163
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
133
2nd preference
84
3rd preference
35
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
133
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
3
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 classes25.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
198
102
96
Year 8
175
88
87
Year 9
176
84
92
Year 10
171
87
84
Year 11
171
87
84
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
15.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
28.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
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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