The Gilberd School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 22 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
137926
Address
Brinkley Lane, CO4 9PU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1565 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
11.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
13%
Persistent absence
17.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.2%
Mixed 7.3%
Other White 6.4%
African 3.8%
Indian 3.7%
Other 2.7%
Chinese 1.5%
Pakistani 1.3%
Other Asian 1.3%
Other Black 1.1%
Unclassified 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.7
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.44
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award54
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award27
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)15
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE45
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE23
BiologyGCSE56
Business Studies:SingleGCSE62
ChemistryGCSE56
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE32
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Gilberd School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
319
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
375
2nd preference
366
3rd preference
203
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
284
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
2
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 classes25.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
320
163
157
Year 8
310
155
155
Year 9
307
159
148
Year 10
312
160
152
Year 11
316
166
150
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
32.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
55.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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