Academy sponsor led · Essex

The Basildon Upper Academy

14–19Ages
847Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
135897URN

Wickford Avenue, Pitsea, Basildon, SS13 3HL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

26.9of 90

Essex 45.6 England 46.0

79th of 79 in Essex

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 8 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Sixth form provision	Good

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About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

347 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)26.979th of 79 in Essex

Essex 45.6 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths14%79th of 79 in Essex

Essex 43% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths28%

Essex 66% England 66%

This school
Essex median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.44

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	347	26.9	14%	28%	–
2024/25	292	28.7	21%	35%	–
2023/24	330	26.6	19%	30%	−1.44
2022/23	257	29.4	23%	37%	−1.25

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

The Basildon Upper AcademyThis school
This school

Good2023

26.9Attainment 8
The Basildon Lower Academy
1.2 km · Essex

Requires significant improvement 2026

0.9applications per place
De La Salle School
2.9 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

5.2applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
Harris Academy Kingswood
3.4 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.8applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
Harris Academy Benfleet
3.4 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

2.6applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
Harris Academy Wickford
4.1 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.1applications per place 38.2Attainment 8
The James Hornsby School
5.2 km · Essex

2026

4.0applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
Mossbourne Fobbing Academy
5.5 km · Thurrock

Serious weaknesses Inadequate2022

1.6applications per place 46.5Attainment 8
Beauchamps High School
5.6 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.1applications per place 45.6Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 135897 · 881/6909
Trust: The Basildon Academies
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,400 pupils · 847 on roll
Free school meals: 45.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2009
Address: Wickford Avenue, Pitsea, Basildon, SS13 3HL
Local authority: Essex · Basildon

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources