East Bergholt High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 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
Suffolk
Unique reference
137218
Address
Heath Road, East Bergholt, CO7 6RJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
894 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
2.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.4%
Persistent absence
24.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.7%
Mixed 5.4%
Unclassified 4.9%
Other White 2.8%
African 0.7%
Other 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 27%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.7
Local authority average 42.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.11
Local authority average 3.69
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award34
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
Sports StudiesTechnical Award28
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE62
Business Studies:SingleGCSE80
ChemistryGCSE55
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE183
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

East Bergholt High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
183
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
185
2nd preference
131
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
184
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
178
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
23
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
173
80
93
Year 8
172
91
81
Year 9
182
89
93
Year 10
184
88
96
Year 11
183
94
89
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
86.1%
85.5%
Further education
40.0%
41.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
43.0%
39.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
4.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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