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Mossbourne Fobbing Academy

Secondary · Stanford-le-Hope · SS17 8JT

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Inadequate

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, serious weaknesses, at the inspection of 4 May 2022. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: InadequateSafeguarding effective: No

Inspected 4 May 2022

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At a glance

859 pupils · 66% of 1,296 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
19.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://www.mossbourne.org/mfa-home
URN
151441

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 87 families named it first for 126 Year 7 places, 0.69 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 4 May 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.69 first-choice applications per place

126 places offered · 87 first-choice applications · usually has places

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

GCSE results (2024/2025)

Attainment 8 score

no data

Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

EBacc average point score

no data

Progress 8

no data

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Thurrock 46%, England 59%) · Any other White background 4% (Thurrock 14%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (Thurrock 14%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Thurrock 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Thurrock 3%, England 4%) · Not recorded 1% (Thurrock 4%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Thurrock 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Thurrock 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Thurrock 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

27.62 suspensions per 100 pupils and 4 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Thurrock: 17.98 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,527; 19% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher17.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.8%62.3%
Social housing1.1%17.1%
Privately rented15%20.5%
Detached houses34%22.9%
Flats8.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01015943 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£365,000330 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£327,000–£432,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (42)£524,000
Semi-detached (159)£390,000
Terraced (107)£342,500
Flat (22)£206,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
1an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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