Davenant Foundation School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 29 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
136625
Address
Chester Road, IG10 2LD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1252 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
4.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
7%
Persistent absence
21.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 54.7%
African 11.7%
Other White 11%
Mixed 8.2%
Caribbean 5.8%
Unclassified 4.1%
Indian 1%
Other Black 0.9%
Other Asian 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Irish 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.48
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 51%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.6
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
Art & DesignGCSE20
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE62
Business Studies:SingleGCSE73
ChemistryGCSE62
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE59
English LanguageGCSE180
English LiteratureGCSE180
FrenchGCSE27
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Davenant Foundation School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
178
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
206
2nd preference
156
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
182
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
163
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
68
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 classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
182
99
83
Year 8
186
104
82
Year 9
177
99
78
Year 10
184
92
92
Year 11
181
94
87
Year 12
166
66
100
Year 13
176
82
94
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
85.2%
85.6%
Further education
15.0%
37.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
76.0%
38.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
2.0%
9.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
6.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
81.0%
60.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
38.0%
20.0%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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