Chelmer Valley High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jun 14 2023 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
- 137260
- Address
- Court Road, Broomfield, CM1 7ER
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1140 (97% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.7%
- Girls
- 49.3%
- First language not English
- 2.3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 15.9%
- Persistent absence
- 16.5%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 6.3%
White British 87.8%
Mixed 4.4%
Other White 2%
Indian 1.4%
Unclassified 1.3%
African 1%
Other Black 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.02
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.18
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 21%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 42%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 47.7
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.08
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Engineering Studies | Technical Award | 28 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 21 |
Biology | GCSE | 77 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 78 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 76 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 21 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 15 |
English Language | GCSE | 192 |
English Literature | GCSE | 189 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 17 |
Admissions
Chelmer Valley High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 221
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 183
- 2nd preference
- 148
- 3rd preference
- 118
- From another Local Authority
- 3
Offers
- 1st preference
- 163
- 2nd preference
- 40
- 3rd preference
- 8
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.8 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 201 105 96 |
Year 8 | 196 110 86 |
Year 9 | 196 96 100 |
Year 10 | 191 90 101 |
Year 11 | 190 97 93 |
Year 12 | 80 39 41 |
Year 13 | 86 41 45 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 86.0% 86.5% 86.5% |
Further education | 40.0% 36.9% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 44.0% 38.4% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 2.0% 10.4% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.7% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 4.0% 4.4% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 6.0% 3.1% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 4.0% 5.3% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 0.7% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 61.0% 57.5% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 28.0% 15.9% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 25.0% 13.6% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 0.0% 1.1% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 0.0% 1.6% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 4.0% 2.6% 1.7% |