Sir Frederick Gibberd College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
143697
Address
Tendring Road, CM18 6RN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
779 (38% of total capacity)
Boys
55.6%
Girls
44.4%
First language not English
14.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.3%
Persistent absence
16.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 64.2%
Other White 12.2%
Mixed 7%
African 5.4%
Unclassified 4.5%
Indian 1.7%
Other 1.7%
Pakistani 1.4%
Other Black 0.6%
Other Asian 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

A-Level Results

A Levels, Average result

This school
35.37, B-
Local authority average, state-funded schools
33.45, C+
England average, state-funded schools
35.29, B-

Best 3

This school
35.40, B-
Local authority average, state-funded schools
34.01, C+
England average, state-funded schools
35.78, B-

AAB or higher

This school
28.6%
Local authority average, state-funded schools
21.1%
England average, state-funded schools
25.6%
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

Subjects entered at 16 to 18

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)3
BiologyGCE A level8
ChemistryGCE A level7
Classical CivilisationGCE A level2
English LiteratureGCE A level3
Government and PoliticsGCE A level7
HistoryGCE A level5
MathematicsGCE A level12
Mathematics (Further)GCE A level4
PhysicsGCE A level6
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sir Frederick Gibberd College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
179
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
137
2nd preference
144
3rd preference
84
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
137
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
5
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
224
127
97
Year 8
166
102
64
Year 9
164
88
76
Year 10
109
57
52
Year 11
116
59
57
Year 2023-2024

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