Great Baddow High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chelmsford, CM2 9RZ
- Distance
- 2.1km away
The Sandon School
Molrams Lane, Sandon, Chelmsford, CM2 7AQ
Local ranking59th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1253
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 24.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 208
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Higher education
- 56.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 13.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
92
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 11.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 169
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1231
- Boys
- 619 (50%)
- Girls
- 612 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1253 (98% full)
- SEND
- 9.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.8%
- EAL
- 6.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 7.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,786/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.5%
- White Other: 3.7%
- Black African: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Other: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
85.5%
White British
3.7%
White Other
2.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Molrams Lane
Chelmsford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137240
- UKPRN
- 10034752
- Establishment No.
- 5463
- Trust
- THE SANDON SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
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