West Hatch High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 29 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
136758
Address
High Road, IG7 5BT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1505 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
13.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.2%
Persistent absence
19.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.2%
Other White 15.1%
Indian 11.4%
Mixed 10.5%
Pakistani 8%
African 3.5%
Bangladeshi 3.2%
Unclassified 3.1%
Other Asian 2.7%
Caribbean 2.4%
Other 1.4%
Chinese 0.7%
Irish 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.07
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47
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
Sports StudiesTechnical Award36
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award26
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE231
Business Studies:SingleGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE223
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE43
Design & TechnologyGCSE58
DanceGCSE1
EconomicsGCSE42
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

West Hatch High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
242
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
257
2nd preference
185
3rd preference
109
From another Local Authority
386
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
193
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
114
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 classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
249
127
122
Year 8
248
128
120
Year 9
247
119
128
Year 10
244
120
124
Year 11
247
122
125
Year 12
157
86
71
Year 13
113
62
51
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
60.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
64.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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