Mark Hall Academy

Type	Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range	11-16
Religion	Unknown
Address	First Avenue Harlow CM17 9LR
Phone	01279866280
Reference Number	148423

General Makeup

Number of pupils	779
Boy/Girl ratio	Boys: 51.6% Girls: 48.4%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals	26.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language	13.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes

25.7

Year Groups

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
7	85	72	157
8	83	87	170
9	80	81	161
10	71	67	138
11	83	70	153

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
White, British	68.5%
White, Other	9%
Unclassified	6.5%
African	4.1%
Mixed, Other	2.7%
White & Black (African)	1.3%
Caribbean	1.2%
White & Black (Caribbean)	0.6%
Indian	0.5%
Pakistani	0.5%
White & Asian	0.4%
Irish	0.1%
Asian, Other	0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating	Requires Improvement
> Quality of education	Good
> Behaviour & Attitude	Requires Improvement
> Personal Development	Requires Improvement
> Leadership & Management	Good
Last Inspection Date	2023-01-17

Date	Description	Report
2022-11-08	School inspection:	School 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)
34.2	Unlock	Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric	School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths	18.5%	Unlock	Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C)	36.3%	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

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

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

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

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Progress 8 Score

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

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
First Preference	Unlock	Unlock
Second Preference	138	41
Third Preference	71	2
From another Local Authority	3	1

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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Name	Distance
Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School London Road, Old Harlow, Essex, CM17 0DA	0.17 miles
Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery Mowbray Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2LS	0.53 miles
Newhall Primary Academy Round House Way, Harlow, CM17 9SF	0.6 miles
Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery Cooks Spinney, Harlow, Essex, CM20 3BW	0.64 miles
Harlowbury Primary School Watlington Road, Old Harlow, Harlow, Essex, CM17 0DX	0.65 miles
Church Langley Community Primary School Church Langley Way, Church Langley, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9TH	0.76 miles
Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow Hobbs Cross Road, Harlow, Essex, CM17 0LB	0.92 miles
St Alban's Catholic Academy First Avenue, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2NP	0.94 miles
Henry Moore Primary School Kiln Lane, Church Langley, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9LW	1.18 miles
Freshwaters Primary Academy School Lane, Harlow, Essex, CM20 3QA	1.19 miles
Purford Green Primary School Purford Green, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6HP	1.33 miles
Potter Street Academy Carters Mead, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9EU	1.45 miles
The Downs Primary School and Nursery The Hides, Harlow, Essex, CM20 3RB	1.46 miles
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Harlow Tracyes Road, Southern Way, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6JJ	1.58 miles
William Martin Church of England Junior School Tawneys Road, Harlow, CM18 6PN	1.64 miles
William Martin Church of England Infant and Nursery School Tawneys Road, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6PN	1.71 miles
Pear Tree Mead Academy Pear Tree Mead, Harlow, Essex, CM18 7BY	1.78 miles
Pemberley Academy Hodings Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1NW	1.86 miles
High Wych Church of England Primary School High Wych, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 0JB	1.9 miles
Abbotsweld Primary Academy Partridge Road, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6TE	2.08 miles

Name	Distance
St Nicholas School Hillingdon House, Essex, CM17 0NJ	0.88 miles
Burnt Mill Academy First Avenue, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2NR	0.99 miles
Harlow College Velizy Avenue, Harlow, Essex, CM20 3LH	1.49 miles
Bmat Stem Academy Velizy Avenue, Harlow, Essex, CM20 3EZ	1.51 miles
Passmores Academy Tracyes Road, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6JH	1.54 miles
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School Tripton Road, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6AA	1.55 miles
Harlow Fields School and College Tendring Road, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6RN	1.86 miles
Sir Frederick Gibberd College Tendring Road, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6RN	1.95 miles
The Greenwell Academy Commonside Road, Harlow, Essex, CM18 7EZ	2.23 miles
Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow Parnall Road, Harlow, Essex, CM18 7NQ	2.53 miles
Leventhorpe Cambridge Road, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9BY	2.99 miles
St Elizabeth's School South End, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, SG10 6EW	3.96 miles
The Bishop's Stortford High School Beaumont Avenue, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 4SH	4.97 miles

Mark Hall Academy

General Makeup

Class Sizes

Year Groups

Ethnicities

Attainment 8 Score

GCSE Results

Progress 8 Score

Attainment 8 Score

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

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2024 Admissions

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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Basics

Age Range

Special Schools

Independent Schools

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Key Stage 2 Attainment

Students Meeting expected standard

Students Meeting higher standard

GCSE Attainment

Attainment 8 score percentile

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)