Burnt Mill Academy is a secondary school located in Harlow. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 21/11/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.4%, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: First Avenue, Harlow, CM20 2NR
Website: http://www.burntmillacademy.org/
Telephone: 01279300555
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Laura McGlashan
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137694

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 21/11/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1200
Number of Pupils: 1144
Number of Boys: 581
Number of Girls: 563

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 13% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.13 Confidence interval -0.29 to 0.04
Of the 235 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 232 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:30%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:40%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.91
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Alban's Catholic Academy
First Avenue , CM20 2NP 		3out of 4 94 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Freshwaters Primary Academy
School Lane , CM20 3QA 		3out of 4 570 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery
Mowbray Road , CM20 2LS 		3out of 4 895 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery
Cooks Spinney , CM20 3BW 		3out of 4 936 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
The Downs Primary School and Nursery
The Hides , CM20 3RB 		3out of 4 1,053 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Burnt Mill Academy
First Avenue , CM20 2NR 		4out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Bmat Stem Academy
Velizy Avenue , CM20 3EZ 		2out of 4 1,107 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School
Tripton Road , CM18 6AA 		3out of 4 1,542 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Mark Hall Academy
First Avenue , CM17 9LR 		- not rated 1,748 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Sir Frederick Gibberd College
Tendring Road , CM18 6RN 		- not rated 2,219 yd Free schools Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Harlow College
Velizy Avenue , CM20 3LH 		- not rated 1,023 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Harlow Fields School and College
Tendring Road , CM18 6RN 		3out of 4 2,165 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Beckmead Moundwood Academy
Commonside Road , CM18 7EZ 		- not rated 3,199 yd Free schools alternative provision No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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