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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
369
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
380 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 2–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Roderick Jackson
- Address
- Cut Hedge Park, Halstead Road, CO9 1PF
- Phone
- 01787474040
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward / constituency
- Gosfield & Greenstead Green · Braintree
- Area
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 115396
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 22% | — | — |
369 pupils · 380 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
Read the full Ofsted reportGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 54% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 74% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.01 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 30.34 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 54.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 79.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 16.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.13 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 48 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| A-level students | 3 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 48 | 10% | 56% | 75% | |
| Mathematics | 47 | 28% | 64% | 87% | |
| English Literature | 47 | 9% | 51% | 77% | |
| Combined Science | 40 | 8% | 45% | 65% | |
| Geography | 29 | 41% | 72% | 79% | |
| Business | 26 | 35% | 81% | 85% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 24 | 54% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physical Education | 21 | 19% | 52% | 71% | |
| Design & Technology | 19 | 21% | 58% | 89% | |
| History | 17 | 29% | 82% | 94% | |
| Art and Design | 11 | 9% | 91% | 100% | |
| Physics | 8 | 38% | 88% | 88% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Business Studies | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Psychology | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #352 of 1,857 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 16308: Gosfield School, Halstead
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.