Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 17 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
138834
Address
Queen's Road, CM14 4EX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1024 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
1.6%
Girls
98.4%
First language not English
9.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.8%
Persistent absence
10.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 35.4%
African 34.4%
Mixed 6.8%
Other White 6.1%
Indian 3.6%
Other Black 3.2%
Other 2.9%
Caribbean 2.5%
Unclassified 2.3%
Other Asian 1.3%
Irish 0.8%
Pakistani 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 92%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 83%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 61.4
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.81
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE22
Art & DesignGCSE36
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE32
DanceGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE168
English LiteratureGCSE168
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE14
FrenchGCSE82
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
139
2nd preference
131
3rd preference
78
From another Local Authority
194
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
118
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
71
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 classes26.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
175
0
175
Year 8
174
0
174
Year 9
173
0
173
Year 10
166
0
166
Year 11
168
0
168
Year 12
95
11
84
Year 13
73
5
68
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
71.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
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
82.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
29.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
26.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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