The Ramsey Academy, Halstead
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Halstead, CO9 2HR
- Distance
- 5.8km away
Hedingham School and Sixth Form
Yeldham Road, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, CO9 3QH
Local ranking52nd of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1168
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 3 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 193
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 36.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 38.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
29.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
68
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 23.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 178
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1155
- Boys
- 586 (50%)
- Girls
- 591 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1168 (101% full)
- SEND
- 24.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.0%
- EAL
- 1.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 22.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,982/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
- 10.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.0%
- White Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
91.0%
White British
3.0%
White Other
1.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Yeldham Road
Halstead, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 139153
- UKPRN
- 10040000
- Establishment No.
- 4026
- Trust
- HEDINGHAM SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM
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