Cecil Jones Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Not available
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Southend-on-Sea
Unique reference
147185
Address
Eastern Avenue, SS2 4BU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
971 (59% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
16.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.9%
Persistent absence
28.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
31.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 64.2%
Other White 11%
Mixed 8.2%
African 6.2%
Bangladeshi 2.4%
Other 1.9%
Pakistani 1.3%
Other Asian 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Caribbean 0.7%
Chinese 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.61
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 58%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.5
Local authority average 53.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.13
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BengaliGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE102
English LiteratureGCSE100
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE37
FrenchGCSE1
GeographyGCSE68
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cecil Jones Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
139
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
101
2nd preference
72
3rd preference
48
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
101
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes20.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
171
87
84
Year 8
214
97
117
Year 9
221
108
113
Year 10
141
81
60
Year 11
137
77
60
Year 12
42
21
21
Year 13
45
23
22
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
91.1%
86.5%
Further education
44.0%
26.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
38.0%
63.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.3%
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
13.0%
48.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
14.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
12.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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