Brentwood County High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 7 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
145474
Address
Seven Arches Road, CM14 4JF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1109 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
10.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.4%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 62.2%
African 11.5%
Other White 8.2%
Mixed 7.1%
Indian 3%
Other Black 1.8%
Other 1.4%
Unclassified 1.1%
Caribbean 1%
Other Asian 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.59
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.7
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.34
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)5
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE40
ChemistryGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE99
English LiteratureGCSE96
FrenchGCSE12
GeographyGCSE27
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Brentwood County High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
112
2nd preference
121
3rd preference
128
From another Local Authority
154
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
112
2nd preference
43
3rd preference
20
To another Local Authority
86
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 classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
224
115
109
Year 8
183
89
94
Year 9
125
62
63
Year 10
145
80
65
Year 11
164
95
69
Year 12
136
66
70
Year 13
132
66
66
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
36.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
63.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
25.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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