The Bromfords School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wickford, SS12 0LZ
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Castledon School
Bromfords Drive, Wickford, SS12 0PW
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
250
Capacity
5-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 8 July 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 29
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 238
- Boys
- 176 (74%)
- Girls
- 62 (26%)
- Capacity
- 250 (95% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 47.6%
- EAL
- 2.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £25,273/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 86.5%
- Black African: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- White Other: 1.7%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- White Irish: 0.4%
- White Traveller: 0.4%
86.5%
White British
3.4%
Black African
2.5%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Bromfords Drive
Wickford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 141765
- UKPRN
- 10048921
- Establishment No.
- 7045
- Trust
- ZENITH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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