Great Baddow High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
136904
Address
Duffield Road, Beehive Lane, CM2 9RZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1529 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
54.9%
Girls
45.1%
First language not English
3.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.5%
Persistent absence
18.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.3%
Mixed 6.8%
Other White 3.1%
African 1.7%
Unclassified 1.1%
Other Black 0.9%
Caribbean 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Other Asian 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.2
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.65
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award30
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award236
Sports StudiesTechnical Award15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE125
Business Studies:SingleGCSE64
ChemistryGCSE125
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Great Baddow High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
247
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
361
2nd preference
287
3rd preference
177
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
227
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
5
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
251
139
112
Year 8
250
132
118
Year 9
258
138
120
Year 10
250
137
113
Year 11
250
143
107
Year 12
133
73
60
Year 13
137
77
60
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
85.2%
85.6%
Further education
29.0%
37.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
54.0%
38.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
2.0%
9.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
SP
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
69.0%
60.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
20.0%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
3.1%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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