Bushey Meads School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 13 2019 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
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
137872
Address
Coldharbour Lane, WD23 4PA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1226 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
55.7%
Girls
44.3%
First language not English
18.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.2%
Persistent absence
36.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 52.9%
Other Asian 9.9%
Mixed 8.2%
Indian 7.5%
Other White 7.4%
Pakistani 3.1%
African 2.8%
Unclassified 2.4%
Other 2.3%
Caribbean 1.2%
Other Black 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity % and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.8
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.97
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award18
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE184
Business Studies:SingleGCSE96
ChemistryGCSE177
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
DanceGCSE6
EconomicsGCSE40
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bushey Meads School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
198
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
163
2nd preference
171
3rd preference
152
From another Local Authority
34
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
143
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.1
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
223
126
97
Year 8
185
93
92
Year 9
188
104
84
Year 10
188
99
89
Year 11
187
115
72
Year 12
129
82
47
Year 13
126
64
62
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
66.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
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
71.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
18.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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