Epping St Johns Church of England School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 21 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
145050
Address
Bury Lane, CM16 5JB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1048 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
46.0%
Girls
54.0%
First language not English
4.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
16%
Persistent absence
28.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.8%
Unclassified 8.9%
Mixed 7.6%
Other White 4.4%
Other 0.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
African 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 54%
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 43.1
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.87
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE52
Business Studies:SingleGCSE68
ChemistryGCSE51
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE155
English LiteratureGCSE152
GeographyGCSE58
HistoryGCSE79
ItalianGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Epping St Johns Church of England School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
184
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
191
2nd preference
115
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
163
2nd preference
15
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 classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
79
98
Year 8
171
78
93
Year 9
171
76
95
Year 10
165
93
72
Year 11
164
81
83
Year 12
94
37
57
Year 13
106
38
68
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
30.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
54.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
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
77.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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