Alec Hunter Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,058 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7
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Honywood School
- Pupils on roll
- 849of 800 places
- Free school meals
- 16.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 139
- Ofsted
- Good, 6 December 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Honywood Community Science School (URN 115226, until 1 May 2011).
What the data says
Honywood School has no sixth form. Of the 174 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 40% moved to a sixth form college, 39% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 40% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Essex, with 48% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Essex and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Honywood School | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 174 | 15,970 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 40% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Honywood School | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.3 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 34% | 39% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.00 | 3.97 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 21% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.5 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.2 | 48.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 138 | 99% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 78% |
| English Language | 136 | 98% | 89% | 21% | 20% | 74% |
| English Literature | 132 | 95% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 77% |
| Combined Science | 92 | 66% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 55% |
| History | 73 | 53% | 41% | 32% | 26% | 71% |
| Design and Technology | 49 | 35% | 11% | 20% | 23% | 61% |
| Geography | 47 | 34% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 55% |
| French | 46 | 33% | 18% | 15% | 29% | 35% |
| Business Studies | 44 | 32% | 18% | 23% | 20% | 80% |
| Fine Art | 41 | 29% | 9% | 7% | 28% | 66% |
| Physics | 41 | 29% | 23% | 15% | 46% | 83% |
| Physical Education | 41 | 29% | 11% | 15% | 24% | 61% |
| Biology | 41 | 29% | 23% | 22% | 45% | 83% |
| Chemistry | 41 | 29% | 23% | 22% | 47% | 85% |
| Media Studies | 25 | 18% | 4% | 32% | 20% | 88% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 17% | 13% | 4% | 30% | 48% |
| Drama | 16 | 12% | 7% | 19% | 27% | 81% |
| Spanish | 12 | 9% | 19% | 33% | 27% | 58% |
| German | 9 | 6% | 5% | 11% | 33% | 89% |
| Religious Studies | 2 | 1% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
| Textiles | 1 | 1% | 2% | — | 27% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 14 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.