Helena Romanes School
Parsonage Downs, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AU
Local ranking45th of 79 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
All-through
Phase
1593
Capacity
4-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 34.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 212
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Higher education
- 35.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 15.0%
- Employment
- 32.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25D+
Avg A-Level Grade
25.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
76
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 20.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 153
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1309
- Boys
- 671 (51%)
- Girls
- 638 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1593 (82% full)
- SEND
- 17.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.3%
- EAL
- 4.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 15.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,969/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.9%
- White Other: 3.2%
- Other: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Black Caribbean: 0.8%
84.9%
White British
3.2%
White Other
3.2%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137975
- UKPRN
- 10036932
- Establishment No.
- 5457
- Trust
- SAFFRON ACADEMY TRUST