Greatfields School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jun 5 2019 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Free Schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Unique reference
- 142908
- Address
- Net Street, IG11 7QG
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1163 (54% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 53.3%
- Girls
- 46.7%
- First language not English
- 80.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 31.9%
- Persistent absence
- 18.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 14.9%
African 25.1%
Other White 15%
Bangladeshi 14.9%
Pakistani 11.6%
White British 8.9%
Mixed 7.2%
Indian 5.1%
Other Asian 4%
Other 2.6%
Other Black 2.1%
Unclassified 1.6%
Caribbean 1.3%
Chinese 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.4
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.24
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 79%
Local authority average 45%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 44%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 45.3
Local authority average 48
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.28
Local authority average 4.19
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | Technical Award | 44 |
| Dance: General | Technical Award | 13 |
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 33 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 32 |
| Bengali | GCSE | 1 |
| Biology | GCSE | 61 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 69 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 61 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 28 |
Admissions
Greatfields School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 196
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 182
- 2nd preference
- 90
- 3rd preference
- 89
- From another Local Authority
- 10
Offers
- 1st preference
- 182
- 2nd preference
- 9
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 2
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.9 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 230 120 110 |
| Year 8 | 202 109 93 |
| Year 9 | 181 101 80 |
| Year 10 | 180 85 95 |
| Year 11 | 203 109 94 |
| Year 12 | 104 58 46 |
| Year 13 | 63 38 25 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 84.0% 91.4% 85.6% |
Further education | 21.0% 34.9% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 55.0% 51.3% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 8.0% 4.9% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.3% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 3.0% 1.4% 4.1% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% 1.1% 3.2% |
| Not in education or employment | 11.0% 5.1% 5.9% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.9% 1.2% |