The Honywood Community Science School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 6 2022 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
136729
Address
Westfield Drive, Coggeshall, CO6 1PZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
783 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
1.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
18%
Persistent absence
25.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.8%
Mixed 3.3%
Other White 3.1%
African 2%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
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
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.4
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.97
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE36
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE66
ChemistryGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE53
DanceGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE171
English LiteratureGCSE171
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE14
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Honywood Community Science School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
183
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
188
2nd preference
144
3rd preference
69
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
170
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
1
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
155
76
79
Year 8
163
86
77
Year 9
158
81
77
Year 10
142
77
65
Year 11
165
89
76
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
53.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
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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