Chelmer Valley High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 13 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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE77
Business Studies:SingleGCSE78
ChemistryGCSE76
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE192
English LiteratureGCSE189
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chelmer Valley High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
221
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
183
2nd preference
148
3rd preference
118
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
163
2nd preference
40
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
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
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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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