Burnt Mill Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 22 2023 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
137694
Address
First Avenue, CM20 2NR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
987 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
43.7%
Girls
56.3%
First language not English
16.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.1%
Persistent absence
19.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 55.8%
Other White 12.8%
Mixed 7.2%
African 4.4%
Pakistani 3.7%
Unclassified 3.3%
Other Black 3.2%
Other Asian 2.5%
Chinese 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1.6%
Indian 1.2%
Caribbean 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 60%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 44.3
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.02
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE48
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE60
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE45
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
DanceGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE218
English LiteratureGCSE210
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE46
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Burnt Mill Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
177
2nd preference
126
3rd preference
97
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
199
78
121
Year 8
220
108
112
Year 9
207
81
126
Year 10
178
82
96
Year 11
183
82
101
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
62.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
28.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
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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