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Mayflower High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Stock Road, Billericay CM12 0RT · mayflowerhigh.essex.sch.uk · 01277 623171

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Overview

Ofsted
Report card
Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
GCSEs, 2024/25
47.6
average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,616
95% of 1,700 places
Local authority
Essex
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
10.6%
First language not English
6.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Mayflower High School

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 232 families put the school first and 258 places were offered; 97% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 212 (Places 266)212September 2023: 187 (Places 265)187September 2024: 230 (Places 266)230September 2025: 214 (Places 264)214September 2026: 232 (Places 258)232Places 258
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262582320.997%
September 2025Sept 20252642140.898%
September 2024Sept 20242662300.997%
September 2023Sept 20232651870.797%
September 2022Sept 20222662120.8100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.6, and 46.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Essex it was 45.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (33.4 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 48.6 (England 46.3)48.62017/18: 50.8 (England 46.5)50.82018/19: 48.7 (England 46.7)48.72021/22: 51.6 (England 48.8)51.62022/23: 50.3 (England 46.3)50.32023/24: 48.2 (England 45.9)48.22024/25: 47.6 (England 46.0)47.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●47.646.0
●46.5%45.4%
▲72.9%64.8%
▲68.8%40.5%
▲4.434.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form55.5−3.8
Further education34.2+8.1
Other education1.1+0.4
Apprenticeship2.7−2.2
Employment1.1−2.3
Not in a lasting destination2.7−2.5
Activity not captured2.7+2.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 31.9 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 30.1 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 32.7 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 31.6 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 36.5 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 31.2 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 32.5 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 33.4 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
118 studentsC+ (33.4)Average +0.02
119 studentsC+ (33.7)Average +0.05
44 studentsDist- (31.6)Above average +0.31
8%AAB or better
99.1%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24136C+ (32.5)+0.09
2022/23143C (31.2)—
2021/22154B- (36.5)—
2018/19137C (31.6)+0.12
2017/18170C+ (32.7)+0.09
2016/17169C (30.1)-0.11
2015/16153C+ (31.9)+0.05

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University47.8+2.1
Further education1.3−1.4
Apprenticeship10.6+2.1
Employment30.4−0.5
Not in a lasting destination5.6−0.3
Activity not captured4.3−2.1

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Mayflower High School on 9 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.

Inspected
9 Dec 2025
Report card
Safeguarding
Met

Inspection reports

Graded areas

InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2023Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2016Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (401 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
91%
Positive
88%
Replies
401
25% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▲90% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe▲92% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved▲87% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▲85% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▲86% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▲87% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲80% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 81% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲55% agreeEngland 43%

based on 68 parents (17%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲71% agreeEngland 63%

based on 112 parents (28%) with SEND

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