Tabor Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Sept 26 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
139179
Address
Panfield Lane, CM7 5XP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
964 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
8.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
23%
Persistent absence
30.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.7%
Other White 6.6%
Mixed 5.1%
African 3.3%
Other Black 1.8%
Indian 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.35
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.1
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.65
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE14
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE32
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE157
English LiteratureGCSE157
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE11
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Tabor Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
178
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
132
2nd preference
72
3rd preference
33
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
132
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
4
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 classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
163
86
77
Year 8
201
110
91
Year 9
201
109
92
Year 10
153
83
70
Year 11
175
80
95
Year 12
37
21
16
Year 13
34
17
17
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
32.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
39.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
10.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
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
50.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
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
3.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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