The Basildon Lower Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
F8
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Basildon, SS14 1UX
- Distance
- 1.8km away
De La Salle School
Ghyllgrove, Basildon, SS14 2LA
Local ranking36th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 2 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 144
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 765
- Boys
- 400 (53%)
- Girls
- 361 (47%)
- Capacity
- 750 (101% full)
- SEND
- 17.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.4%
- EAL
- 17.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.1%
- SEN Support
- 11.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,476/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 60.5%
- White Other: 12.2%
- Black African: 11.4%
- Asian Other: 3.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Black Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
60.5%
White British
12.2%
White Other
11.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 115237
- UKPRN
- 10015284
- Establishment No.
- 4680
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