The Basildon Lower Academy
Secondary · Basildon · SS14 1UX
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 27 January 2026 · report published 8 June 2026
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892 pupils · 66% of 1,350 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 11–14
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 52.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 25.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 16.9% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.5% of pupils
- URN
- 135895
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.40 first-choice applications per place213 places offered · 86 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
56% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 34% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 27 January 2026: Expected standard
- 29 March 2023: Requires improvement
- 23 October 2019: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 19 November 2015: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.