Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 8 2024 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
137552
Address
Parnall Road, CM18 7NQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
999 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
17.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.7%
Persistent absence
33.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.3%
Other White 10%
Mixed 9.5%
African 5.6%
Other Black 3.2%
Unclassified 1.8%
Pakistani 1.7%
Other 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Indian 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.7
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.17
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE22
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE41
English LanguageGCSE214
English LiteratureGCSE212
FrenchGCSE51
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
210
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
168
2nd preference
100
3rd preference
56
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
168
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
0
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
169
87
82
Year 8
204
110
94
Year 9
211
114
97
Year 10
213
102
111
Year 11
202
104
98
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
63.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
21.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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