The King John School is a foundation

Foundation school

In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools....

 comprehensive

Comprehensive school

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 secondary school with a sixth form

Sixth form

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 in Benfleet

Benfleet

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, Essex

Essex

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, England. The main school building was built in 1958, with others on the ground previously used as a hospital. As of January 2010, the school has an enrollment of 1861 students.

School Tutors

The school has 11 tutor groups in each year, with 30 pupils in each tutor. The tutor groups are set in a format, of the year, then the number of the tutor group, for example, 7-07, 8-07, 9-07, 10-07, 11-07. A similar system applies to the Sixth-Form except each tutor group begins with VI instead of the group year, for example, VI-01, VI-02, VI-03. The tutor groups contain both students from years 12 & 13.

Results

Results of the King John School as of 12 January 2011:

• 81% 5x A*-C GCSEs
• 10% English Bacc
• 2022.2 CVA
• 779.9 A/AS Points

• Rated 11th Secondary School in terms of GCSE Results
• Rated 30th Sixth Form in terms of A/AS Points
• % of KS4 achieving Level 2 threshold including English and mathematics
• 2007 - 73%
• 2008 - 70%
• 2009 - 78%
• 2010 - 81%