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Mossbourne Port Side Academy

Secondary · Stanford-le-Hope · SS17 0NS

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Requires improvement

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.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 3 October 2023

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At a glance

443 pupils · 57% of 780 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
34.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
14.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.mossbourne.org/mpsa-home
URN
151442

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 43 families named it first for 85 Year 7 places, 0.51 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 3 October 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.51 first-choice applications per place

85 places offered · 43 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 71% (Thurrock 46%, England 59%) · Black African 7% (Thurrock 14%, England 5%) · Any other White background 5% (Thurrock 14%, England 7%) · Not recorded 5% (Thurrock 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Thurrock 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Thurrock 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Thurrock 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Thurrock 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Thurrock 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Thurrock 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Thurrock 3%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Thurrock 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

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)
7.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

41.07 suspensions per 100 pupils and 3 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
15
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 £53,929; 15.8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher15%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways23.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier67.1%62.3%
Social housing24.2%17.1%
Privately rented8.8%20.5%
Detached houses10.6%22.9%
Flats13.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01015990 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£342,000404 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£295,000–£390,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (27)£427,500
Semi-detached (195)£375,000
Terraced (117)£327,500
Flat (65)£200,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
12an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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