The Deanes
Daws Heath Road, Thundersley, Benfleet, SS7 2TD
Local ranking58th of 79 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 34.4 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 17.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 40.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 19.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 104
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 587
- Boys
- 306 (52%)
- Girls
- 281 (48%)
- Capacity
- 600 (98% full)
- SEND
- 29.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.0%
- EAL
- 2.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 9.9%
- SEN Support
- 19.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,963/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.9%
- White Other: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Black Other: 0.6%
88.9%
White British
1.7%
White Other
1.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 143639
- UKPRN
- 10061366
- Establishment No.
- 4018
- Trust
- SOUTH EAST ESSEX ACADEMY TRUST