Forest Hall School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 18 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
141328
Address
Forest Hall Road, CM24 8TZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
496 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
4.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.6%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.9%
Mixed 4.6%
Other White 2.6%
Other 1.6%
African 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
Irish 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 61%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.5
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.55
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE11
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE22
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
DanceGCSE6
English LanguageGCSE94
English LiteratureGCSE94
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE34
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Forest Hall School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
79
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
71
2nd preference
74
3rd preference
39
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
71
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes19
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
97
49
48
Year 8
103
52
51
Year 9
102
44
58
Year 10
87
43
44
Year 11
107
55
52
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
51.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
34.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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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