St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
138360
Address
Lieutenant Ellis Way, Cheshunt, EN7 5FB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1092 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
29.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.5%
Persistent absence
27.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 33.7%
Other White 17.3%
African 16.1%
Mixed 11.4%
Caribbean 6.6%
Unclassified 4.2%
Other 4%
Other Black 2.9%
Other Asian 1.3%
Indian 1%
Irish 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.1
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.65
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award50
Music Studies (General)Technical Award22
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award25
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award40
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE24
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE43
ChemistryGCSE42
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
169
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
74
2nd preference
51
3rd preference
70
From another Local Authority
79
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
74
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
18
To another Local Authority
48
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 classes22
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
153
76
77
Year 8
168
89
79
Year 9
200
93
107
Year 10
215
106
109
Year 11
182
83
99
Year 12
91
46
45
Year 13
83
42
41
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
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
85.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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