Mount Grace School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 3 2022 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
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
137224
Address
Church Road, EN6 1EZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
508 (47% of total capacity)
Boys
54.7%
Girls
45.3%
First language not English
16.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.4%
Persistent absence
33.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.4%
Other White 12%
Mixed 9%
African 4.1%
Other Asian 3.7%
Indian 2%
Other 1.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Irish 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.6
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.22
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award15
Health StudiesTechnical Award17
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award30
Speech & DramaTechnical Award8
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE24
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE62
Design & TechnologyGCSE32
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Mount Grace School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
120
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
56
2nd preference
40
3rd preference
41
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
56
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes18.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
96
51
45
Year 8
109
63
46
Year 9
85
46
39
Year 10
84
45
39
Year 11
90
50
40
Year 12
23
12
11
Year 13
21
11
10
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
54.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
2.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
2.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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