Shenfield High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 24 2024 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
137877
Address
Alexander Lane, Shenfield, CM15 8RY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1493 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
55.2%
Girls
44.8%
First language not English
3.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.7%
Persistent absence
26.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.6%
Mixed 5.9%
Other White 3%
African 2.7%
Indian 1.1%
Unclassified 0.8%
Caribbean 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.9
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.7
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award8
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award70
Health StudiesTechnical Award31
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award38
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE7
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
Art & DesignGCSE2
BiologyGCSE75
Business Studies:SingleGCSE73
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Shenfield High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
236
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
214
2nd preference
302
3rd preference
215
From another Local Authority
68
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
197
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
241
136
105
Year 8
237
131
106
Year 9
239
122
117
Year 10
235
124
111
Year 11
238
143
95
Year 12
165
91
74
Year 13
138
77
61
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
57.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
50.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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