Alec Hunter Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Braintree, CM7 3NR
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Notley Road, Braintree, CM7 1WY
Local ranking35th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 33.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 221
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 53.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 27.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
30.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
96
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 8.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 194
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1255
- Boys
- 587 (47%)
- Girls
- 668 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (84% full)
- SEND
- 10.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.8%
- EAL
- 6.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 9.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,626/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 86.1%
- White Other: 5.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
86.1%
White British
5.3%
White Other
2.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Notley Road
Braintree, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137013
- UKPRN
- 10034772
- Establishment No.
- 4420
- Trust
- BRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST
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