The Sweyne Park School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-19
Religion Does not apply
Address Sir Walter Raleigh Drive
Rayleigh
Essex
SS6 9BZ
Phone 01268784721
Reference Number 139534

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1496
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.93%
Girls: 52.07%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 121 139 260
8 129 140 269
9 126 145 271
10 122 127 249
11 133 132 265
12 43 50 93
13 43 46 89

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91%
White, Other 1.6%
White & Asian 1.4%
Mixed, Other 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
Indian 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
African 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.2%
Chinese 0.1%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-04-27
Date Description Report
2023-02-21 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-10-03 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-04-04 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as The Sweyne Park School
2010-05-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-10-05 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-03-26 Full inspection Full inspection
2010-05-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-10-05 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-03-26 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)
40.1 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 33.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 51.1% 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 28.08 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 25.15 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 3.3% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 304 28
Third Preference 187 3
From another Local Authority 87 6

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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