Mayflower High School
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Mayflower High School, founded in 1966, and named after The Mayflower, is a coeducational, secondary school
located in Billericay
, Essex
in the East of England
in the United Kingdom
. The school has a mixed intake of students aged 11–18 (School years 7 to 13) and is a community comprehensive. As of June 2006 the number of enrolled students was 1418. Mayflower has specialist schools status: it is designated by the Department for Education and Skills as a science and mathematics college and a language college.
, and the respective Lower & Upper School heads are Carol Kerrigan and Kelly Farrant. The Head Of Sixth Form is Adele Roberts. Each year group has a 'head of year' who manages the year groups progress. A Head of year will move with their year group from year 8 until they leave school. Year 7's head of year is always Nikki Guy. Since 2011, Mayflower was made an academy and has a waiting list for every year. It is a very well equipped school.
The Schools Value added
results between KS2 and KS4 are nearly or just over 100 each year since 2002
Secondary school
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located in Billericay
Billericay
Billericay is a town and civil parish in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. It lies within the London Basin, has a population of 40,000, and constitutes a commuter town east of central London. The town has three secondary schools and a variety of open spaces...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
in the East of England
East of England
The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Essex has the highest population in the region.Its...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The school has a mixed intake of students aged 11–18 (School years 7 to 13) and is a community comprehensive. As of June 2006 the number of enrolled students was 1418. Mayflower has specialist schools status: it is designated by the Department for Education and Skills as a science and mathematics college and a language college.
Heads
The Head of Science is Pauline Mason and the Head of Mathematics is Andrew Eastwick. Mayflower's headteacher is Lee Brumby, and the respective Lower & Upper School heads are Carol Kerrigan and Kelly Farrant. The Head Of Sixth Form is Adele Roberts. Each year group has a 'head of year' who manages the year groups progress. A Head of year will move with their year group from year 8 until they leave school. Year 7's head of year is always Nikki Guy. Since 2011, Mayflower was made an academy and has a waiting list for every year. It is a very well equipped school.
Results
Their 2007 test results were around average, with 66% achieving 5 A* to Cs at GCSE including English and Maths, as omitting two of the three main teaching categories would be an attempt to falsify the correct result percentages. The school scored 847 points at A Level The 2007 results were vastly improved on previous years, 16% better than 1997 at GCSE and 829.4 Points better at A Level.The Schools Value added
Value added
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results between KS2 and KS4 are nearly or just over 100 each year since 2002