The James Hornsby School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 6 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
138865
Address
Leinster Road, Laindon, SS15 5NX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1003 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
48.1%
Girls
51.9%
First language not English
5.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.9%
Persistent absence
31.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.5%
Other White 6.2%
Mixed 5.2%
African 2.7%
Indian 0.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.32
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.8
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.67
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award26
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award28
MultimediaTechnical Award27
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE168
English LiteratureGCSE167
FrenchGCSE49
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The James Hornsby School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
210
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
269
2nd preference
163
3rd preference
137
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
189
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
98
110
Year 8
207
100
107
Year 9
208
98
110
Year 10
205
90
115
Year 11
175
96
79
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
63.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
10.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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