William Edwards School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 7 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
1180 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
54.4%
Girls
45.6%
First language not English
7.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.2%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 62.1%
Other White 10.8%
African 7.8%
Mixed 7.7%
Indian 4.5%
Caribbean 1.4%
Unclassified 1.4%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: 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
206
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
158
2nd preference
158
3rd preference
101
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
158
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes25.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
219
126
93
Year 8
246
134
112
Year 9
236
118
118
Year 10
236
135
101
Year 11
243
129
114
Year 2023-2024

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

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