Sir Frederick Gibberd College
About the school
Sir Frederick Gibberd College is an open secondary school in Essex.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 3 December 2024
- Published
- 27 January 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 44
- Essex
- 45.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Essex
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 43.80%
- Essex
- 43.10%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 63.40%
- Essex
- 63.70%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 48.20%
- Essex
- 38.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.1
- Essex
- 3.97
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
843
Girls
46.38%
Boys
53.62%
SEN support
11.98%
Education, health and care plan
2.85%
English as an additional language
19.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
29.01%
Overall absence
8.77
Persistent absence
22.87