Sir Frederick Gibberd College
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D51
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Harlow, CM18 6RN
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow
Parnall Road, Harlow, CM18 7NQ
Local ranking75th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 8 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 50.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 187
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 989
- Boys
- 508 (52%)
- Girls
- 470 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (93% full)
- SEND
- 14.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.6%
- EAL
- 20.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £415/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 63.0%
- White Other: 11.6%
- Black African: 6.1%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- Black Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.4%
63.0%
White British
11.6%
White Other
6.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Parnall Road
Harlow, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137552
- UKPRN
- 10035492
- Establishment No.
- 4343
- Trust
- THE PASSMORES CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY
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