Great Baddow High School is a secondary school located in Chelmsford. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 17/05/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.6%, which is 0.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Duffield Road, Chelmsford, CM2 9RZ
Website: http://www.gbhs.co.uk/
Telephone: 01245265821
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Paul Farmer
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136904

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 17/05/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1520
Number of Pupils: 1475
Number of Boys: 814
Number of Girls: 661

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.01 Confidence interval -0.16 to 0.18
Of the 223 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 211 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:21%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:44%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.21
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Woodcroft Nursery School
Dorset Avenue , Great Baddow CM2 9UB
3out of 4 461 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Larkrise Primary School
Dorset Avenue , Great Baddow CM2 9UB
3out of 4 401 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Beehive Lane Community Primary School
Beehive Lane , Great Baddow CM2 9SR
4out of 4 418 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Mildmay Infant and Nursery School
Robin Way , Galleywood Road CM2 8AU
4out of 4 1,319 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Mildmay Junior School
Robin Way , CM2 8AU
2out of 4 1,319 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Moulsham Infant School
Princes Road , CM2 9DG
3out of 4 1,418 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Great Baddow High School
Duffield Road , Beehive Lane CM2 9RZ
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Moulsham High School
Brian Close , CM2 9ES
3out of 4 1,324 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Sandon School
Molrams Lane , Sandon CM2 7AQ
3out of 4 2,301 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Chelmsford College
Moulsham Street , CM2 0JQ
- not rated 2,010 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Thriftwood School
Slades Lane , Galleywood CM2 8RW
4out of 4 1,993 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Widford Lodge Preparatory School
Widford Road , Chelmsford CM2 9AN
- not rated 2,323 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
St Anne's School
154 London Road , CM2 0AW
- not rated 2,341 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
St Cedd's School
178a New London Road , CM2 0AR
- not rated 2,353 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Community College Initiative Ltd
Unit 36 , Waterhouse Business Centre CM1 2QE
- not rated 2,912 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.