King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 13 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
797 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
52.4%
Girls
47.6%
First language not English
16.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.9%
Persistent absence
23.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 64.5%
Other White 16.4%
Mixed 9.3%
African 3%
Unclassified 1.9%
Other 1.6%
Caribbean 1.1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Indian 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.5
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.01
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE24
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE132
English LiteratureGCSE132
FrenchGCSE12
GeographyGCSE41
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
149
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
116
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
10
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
116
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
185
97
88
Year 8
170
92
78
Year 9
174
101
73
Year 10
138
64
74
Year 11
130
64
66
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
61.0%
38.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
22.0%
37.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
9.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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