Manningtree High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Good
Jan 8 2025 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
137945
Address
Colchester Road, Lawford, CO11 2BW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
917 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
47.9%
Girls
52.1%
First language not English
2.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.4%
Persistent absence
19.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.8%
Mixed 2.5%
Other White 2.2%
Unclassified 1.6%
Indian 0.5%
African 0.4%
Other Black 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 43%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.5
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.32
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Ancient HistoryGCSE19
Art & DesignGCSE53
BiologyGCSE43
ChemistryGCSE43
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE83
DanceGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE185
English LiteratureGCSE175
FrenchGCSE45
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Manningtree High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
186
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
207
2nd preference
139
3rd preference
84
From another Local Authority
44
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
174
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
83
98
Year 8
194
84
110
Year 9
189
103
86
Year 10
171
90
81
Year 11
182
79
103
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
40.0%
38.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
19.0%
37.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
26.0%
9.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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