Alec Hunter Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 9 2022 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
139402
Address
Stubbs Lane, CM7 3NR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1058 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
53.8%
Girls
46.2%
First language not English
7.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
15%
Persistent absence
17.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.7%
Other White 6%
Mixed 5%
African 1.8%
Indian 0.9%
Other Black 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Other 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
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
-0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.6
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

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

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE43
BiologyGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE51
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE15
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE185
English LiteratureGCSE185
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Alec Hunter Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
206
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
239
2nd preference
119
3rd preference
47
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
202
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
1
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 classes24.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
215
128
87
Year 8
211
109
102
Year 9
220
107
113
Year 10
217
118
99
Year 11
195
107
88
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
56.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
8.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
22.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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