The Honywood Community Science School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Westfield Drive
Coggeshall
Colchester
Essex
CO6 1PZ
Phone 01376561231
Reference Number 136729

General Makeup

Number of pupils 783
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.23%
Girls: 47.77%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 18%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 76 79 155
8 86 77 163
9 81 77 158
10 77 65 142
11 89 76 165

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 88.8%
White, Other 3.1%
African 2%
Mixed, Other 2%
Asian, Other 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
White & Asian 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Unclassified 0.1%
White & Black (African) 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-01-31
Date Description Report
2022-12-06 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-03-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-02-06 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-06-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as The Honywood Community Science School
2009-10-06 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-03-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-03-04 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-03-07 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-03-06 Full inspection Full inspection
2009-10-06 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-03-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-03-04 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-03-07 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-03-06 Full inspection Full inspection

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)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 45.5% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 60% 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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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 144 10
Third Preference 69 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

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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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