Greensward Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Greensward Lane
Hockley
Essex
SS5 5HG
Phone 01702202571
Reference Number 135652

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1580
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.1%
Girls: 46.9%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 10.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 131 128 259
8 143 132 275
9 128 134 262
10 150 119 269
11 143 122 265
12 74 56 130
13 70 50 120

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 86.9%
White, Other 3.9%
Mixed, Other 1.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.3%
White & Black (African) 1.3%
White & Asian 1.1%
Unclassified 1%
African 0.8%
Asian, Other 0.8%
Chinese 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2024-01-19
Date Description Report
2023-11-15 School inspection School inspection
2018-02-20 Short inspection Short inspection
2014-06-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-03-02 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-03-16 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
46.5 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 51.1% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 65.8% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 33.67 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 33.29 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C+ C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 6% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 154 14
Third Preference 157 0
From another Local Authority 192 19

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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