The Eastwood Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Dec 5 2018 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
Not applicable
Local authority
Southend-on-Sea
Unique reference
137284
Address
Rayleigh Road, SS9 5UU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1147 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
52.7%
Girls
47.3%
First language not English
4.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.1%
Persistent absence
18.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.3%
Mixed 5%
Other White 3.4%
Indian 1.8%
Other Black 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Unclassified 1.5%
Pakistani 1.2%
African 1%
Other 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.48
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 93%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 58%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.7
Local authority average 53.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.68
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE37
BiologyGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE65
ChemistryGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE213
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE216
English LiteratureGCSE215
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE19
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Eastwood Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
228
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
247
2nd preference
227
3rd preference
221
From another Local Authority
180
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
201
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
11
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 classes26
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
233
113
120
Year 8
237
119
118
Year 9
233
123
110
Year 10
224
127
97
Year 11
220
122
98
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
92.0%
85.6%
Further education
55.0%
28.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
37.0%
62.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.9%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
0.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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