The Cornelius Vermuyden School
Ofsted: Inadequate
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Canvey Island, SS8 9QS
- Distance
- 2.0km away
Castle View School
Foksville Road, Canvey Island, SS8 7FH
Local ranking74th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 5 December 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 30.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 50.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 189
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1054
- Boys
- 564 (51%)
- Girls
- 534 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (92% full)
- SEND
- 19.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.0%
- EAL
- 1.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 16.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,838/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
- 8.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.6% 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: 94.2%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
- Black Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
94.2%
White British
1.9%
White Other
0.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Foksville Road
Canvey Island, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 147031
- UKPRN
- 10083059
- Establishment No.
- 4033
- Trust
- ZENITH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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