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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 22 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 36 |
Biology | GCSE | 32 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 28 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 32 |
Dance | GCSE | 12 |
English Language | GCSE | 168 |
English Literature | GCSE | 168 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 14 |
French | GCSE | 82 |
Admissions
Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 175
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 139
- 2nd preference
- 131
- 3rd preference
- 78
- From another Local Authority
- 194
Offers
- 1st preference
- 118
- 2nd preference
- 44
- 3rd preference
- 8
- To another Local Authority
- 71
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 26.9 |
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 |
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% |
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% |