East Bergholt High School

General Info

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

Pupils

Number of Pupils
893 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
3.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.7%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85%
Mixed 5.3%
Unclassified 4.8%
Other White 2.5%
African 1%
Other 0.7%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Caribbean 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
-0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.9
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.86
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award22
Health StudiesTechnical Award31
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
Art & DesignGCSE35
BiologyGCSE63
Business Studies:SingleGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE60
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE36
English LanguageGCSE184
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

East Bergholt High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
178
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
161
2nd preference
152
3rd preference
73
From another Local Authority
173
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
161
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
27
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 classes24.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
175
95
80
Year 8
171
88
83
Year 9
180
86
94
Year 10
183
93
90
Year 11
184
99
85
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
86.0%
85.6%
Further education
27.0%
38.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
47.0%
42.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
11.0%
4.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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