Mayflower High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 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
137048
Address
Stock Road, CM12 0RT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1632 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
5.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.1%
Persistent absence
27.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.8%
African 3.6%
Other White 3.2%
Mixed 3.2%
Indian 1.4%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Asian 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 70%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.3
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.72
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award15
Art & DesignGCSE49
BiologyGCSE46
Business Studies:SingleGCSE116
ChemistryGCSE44
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE53
English LanguageGCSE260
English LiteratureGCSE258
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE72
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Mayflower High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
266
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
230
2nd preference
173
3rd preference
126
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
223
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
12
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 classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
263
139
124
Year 8
262
149
113
Year 9
270
131
139
Year 10
269
146
123
Year 11
264
136
128
Year 12
147
76
71
Year 13
157
75
82
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
85.2%
85.6%
Further education
26.0%
37.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
59.0%
38.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
9.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
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
5.0%
6.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
63.0%
60.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
20.0%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
3.1%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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