The Cornelius Vermuyden School
Ofsted: Inadequate
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Canvey Island, SS8 9QS
- Distance
- 0.2km away
The Cornelius Vermuyden School
Dinant Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 9QS
Ofsted: Inadequate
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 31 October 2023.
School history and status
Closed on 31 May 2026 and continues as The Cornelius Vermuyden School (URN 152376) (opened 1 June 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 21.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 162
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 727
- Boys
- 285 (45%)
- Girls
- 349 (55%)
- Capacity
- 900 (70% full)
- SEND
- 21.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.0%
- EAL
- 3.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 18.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,490/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
- 12.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 37.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 87.3%
- White Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
- White Irish: 0.6%
- Black Other: 0.6%
87.3%
White British
2.9%
White Other
2.5%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Dinant Avenue
Canvey Island, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 140308
- UKPRN
- 10043922
- Establishment No.
- 5420
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