Brentwood County High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jun 8 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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Additional Mathematics FSMQ | Other General Qualification (Level 3) | 5 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 21 |
Biology | GCSE | 32 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 40 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 31 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 23 |
English Language | GCSE | 99 |
English Literature | GCSE | 96 |
French | GCSE | 12 |
Geography | GCSE | 27 |
Admissions
Brentwood County High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 205
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 112
- 2nd preference
- 121
- 3rd preference
- 128
- From another Local Authority
- 154
Offers
- 1st preference
- 112
- 2nd preference
- 43
- 3rd preference
- 20
- To another Local Authority
- 86
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.3 |
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 |
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% |
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% |