At a glance
Key published figures for this school.
Ofsted inspection
Latest outcome
Latest visit (Jun 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing and post-16 provision expected standard; inclusion and leadership and governance strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.
Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate (25 Feb 2020).
- Previous gradedInadequate
This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.
School figures
Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in CM7. Where we have them, council (Braintree) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.
- Pupils on roll
- 1210
- Free school meals
- 18%
- SEN
- 10.9%
- EAL
- 6.4%
- Attendance
- 94.9%
- Persistent absence
- 13%
- Progress 8
- -0.11 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 44.9
- Grade 5+ English & maths
- 37.6%
- Grade 4+ English & maths
- 61.1%
- Entered for EBacc
- 33%
- EBacc average point score
- 3.85
Also: England 25.8%
Also: England 16.5%
Also: England 91.9%
Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the CM7 average; the darker bar is this school.
Trends over time
Attendance
Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).
- 2020/2195.7%
- 2021/2289.5%
- 2022/2390%
- 2023/2490.3%
- 2024/2590.3%
Admissions
- Demand signal
- Usually oversubscribed
- Published capacity (GIAS)
- 1250
- Pupils on roll
- 1210
Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.
Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.
Check your council admissions booklet via the Essex page.
SEN support
- SEN %
- 10.9%
- On-site provision
- Resourced provision · SLCN
- Need types
- SLCN
A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.
Sources and freshness
- School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
- Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
- Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
- School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
- School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
- Methodology · Data updates