King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 14 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
136342
Address
Broomstick Hall Road, EN9 1LF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
783 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
13%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.5%
Persistent absence
31.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.4%
Other White 14.8%
Mixed 8.8%
African 2.4%
Unclassified 2.2%
Caribbean 1.5%
Other 1.4%
Chinese 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.39
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.9
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.21
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award1
Art & DesignGCSE16
BiologyGCSE45
ChemistryGCSE45
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE129
English LiteratureGCSE129
FrenchGCSE33
GeographyGCSE52
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
210
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
161
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
10
From another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
161
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
96
81
Year 8
174
100
74
Year 9
154
74
80
Year 10
134
67
67
Year 11
144
80
64
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
80.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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