Secondary
Sir Frederick Gibberd College
Tendring Road, Harlow, CM18 6RN
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 880 of 800 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.9
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- BMAT EDUCATION
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 69.9
- Pupils per adult
- 11.1
- Pupils
- 779
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
44%
12 points above the Harlow average (32% across 7 schools)
44.0
4.5 above the Harlow average (39.5 across 7 schools)
3rd of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Harlow we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.1 |
| Entered the EBacc | 48% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 47% |
| 24/25 | 44% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 46.2 |
| 24/25 | 44.0 |
Tendring Road, Harlow, CM18 6RN
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Essex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Jo Doyle
- Address
- Tendring Road, Harlow, CM18 6RN
- Telephone
- 01279307235