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Sir Frederick Gibberd College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Free school
Tendring Road, Harlow CM18 6RN · sirfrederickgibberdcollege.org · 01279 307235
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44
- average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 880
- 80 over 800 places · 110%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 29%
- First language not English
- 19.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Bmat Education
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 123 families put the school first and 138 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 138 | 123 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 178 | 169 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 179 | 137 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 211 | 206 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 192 | 164 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44, and 43.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Essex it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44 | 46 | ||
| ●43.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲48.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.10 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
Left in 2023/24
| School sixth form | 39.7 |
|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 0.9 |
| Further education | 54.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 0.9 |
| Activity not captured | 2.6 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
Left in 2022/23
| University | 61.9 |
|---|---|
| Employment | 23.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.5 |
| Activity not captured | 4.8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Sir Frederick Gibberd College on 3 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Sixth form | Good |
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (116 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 116
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 30 parents (26%) with SEND