William Edwards School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Thurrock
Unique reference
137214
Address
Stifford Clays Road, Stifford Clays, RM16 3NJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1225 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
8%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.8%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65%
Other White 10.3%
African 7.5%
Mixed 6.5%
Indian 3.8%
Unclassified 1.1%
Bangladeshi 1%
Other Asian 1%
Caribbean 1%
Other 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Other Black 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity % and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.4
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.75
Local authority average 3.84
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award47
Music Studies (General)Technical Award15
Sports StudiesTechnical Award17
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
Art & DesignGCSE52
BiologyGCSE47
Business Studies:SingleGCSE143
ChemistryGCSE47
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE43
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

William Edwards School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
210
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
221
2nd preference
168
3rd preference
142
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
180
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.4
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
248
136
112
Year 8
234
123
111
Year 9
235
134
101
Year 10
244
129
115
Year 11
264
135
129
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
84.8%
86.5%
Further education
65.0%
53.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
21.0%
30.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Nearby schools

Review your area