Hylands School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 8 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
137072
Address
Chelmsford Road, Writtle, CM1 3ET

Pupils

Number of Pupils
651 (63% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
17.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.7%
Persistent absence
37.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.4%
Mixed 9%
African 4.8%
Indian 4.3%
Other White 3.5%
Other 2.3%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Other Asian 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
Pakistani 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.89
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.95
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Art & DesignGCSE19
BengaliGCSE2
BiologyGCSE19
Business Studies:SingleGCSE19
ChemistryGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE94
English LiteratureGCSE85
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Hylands School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
169
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
38
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
20
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
38
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
8
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 classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
137
70
67
Year 8
168
85
83
Year 9
100
51
49
Year 10
96
53
43
Year 11
106
58
48
Year 12
7
4
3
Year 13
37
16
21
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
85.2%
85.6%
Further education
49.0%
37.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
30.0%
38.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
9.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
60.0%
60.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
20.0%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
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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