The Sandon School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 20 2024 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
Essex
Unique reference
137240
Address
Molrams Lane, Sandon, CM2 7AQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1276 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
6%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.2%
Persistent absence
21.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.9%
Mixed 3.7%
Other White 3.1%
African 1.4%
Indian 1%
Other Asian 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.8
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.83
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award34
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE65
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE89
ChemistryGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE40
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE212
English LiteratureGCSE212
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE23
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Sandon School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
212
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
179
2nd preference
190
3rd preference
206
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
160
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
9
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 classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
217
111
106
Year 8
215
123
92
Year 9
213
100
113
Year 10
214
108
106
Year 11
221
100
121
Year 12
95
49
46
Year 13
101
56
45
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
42.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
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
69.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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