Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jul 12 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 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
137013
Address
Notley Road, CM7 1WY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1292 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
48.1%
Girls
51.9%
First language not English
5.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.3%
Persistent absence
29.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.3%
Other White 5%
Mixed 4.2%
African 1.1%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 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
-0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.5
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.59
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE44
BiologyGCSE42
Business Studies:SingleGCSE111
ChemistryGCSE40
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE220
English LiteratureGCSE219
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE31
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
182
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
46
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
182
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
2
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 classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
108
101
Year 8
176
77
99
Year 9
247
121
126
Year 10
232
102
130
Year 11
221
106
115
Year 12
111
57
54
Year 13
96
50
46
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
85.2%
85.6%
Further education
41.0%
37.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
34.0%
38.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
11.0%
9.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
85.0%
60.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
20.0%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
3.1%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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