Becket Keys Church of England Free School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 7 2014 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
138239
Address
Sawyers Hall Lane, CM15 9DA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1107 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
3.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.9%
Persistent absence
9.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.1%
Mixed 5.7%
Other White 4.5%
African 3.8%
Unclassified 3.4%
Indian 2.5%
Other Asian 1%
Other 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.48
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 58%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.7
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.19
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE55
Business Studies:SingleGCSE69
ChemistryGCSE54
ChineseGCSE11
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE160
English LiteratureGCSE160
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Becket Keys Church of England Free School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
178
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
269
2nd preference
160
3rd preference
141
From another Local Authority
83
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
166
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
1
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
91
88
Year 8
171
93
78
Year 9
175
87
88
Year 10
161
86
75
Year 11
160
80
80
Year 12
142
63
79
Year 13
119
54
65
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
63.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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
73.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
27.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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