Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Thurrock
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Inspection history
- 21 May 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 26 April 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry186 applications · 118 places offered · 67 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Thurrock median median 2.6
- 2025 2.1; Thurrock median median 2.4
- 2024 1.5; Thurrock median median 2.6
- 2023 1.2; Thurrock median median 2.2
- 2022 1.3; Thurrock median median 2.2
- 2021 1.2; Thurrock median median 2.1
- 2020 1.0; Thurrock median median 1.9
- 2019 1.1; Thurrock median median 1.7
- 2018 1.2; Thurrock median median 1.8
- 2017 1.3; Thurrock median median 1.9
- 2016 0.9; Thurrock median median 1.9
- 2015 1.2; Thurrock median median 1.9
- 2014 1.4; Thurrock median median 1.7
- This school
- Thurrock median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 118 | 186 | 1.6 | 67 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2025 | 89 | 186 | 2.1 | 51 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2024 | 147 | 225 | 1.5 | 73 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2023 | 180 | 221 | 1.2 | 89 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2022 | 140 | 188 | 1.3 | 92 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2021 | 121 | 148 | 1.2 | 71 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2020 | 180 | 185 | 1.0 | 68 | 0.38 |
| Sep 2019 | 179 | 194 | 1.1 | 97 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2018 | 172 | 213 | 1.2 | 104 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2017 | 128 | 162 | 1.3 | 73 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2016 | 179 | 160 | 0.9 | 74 | 0.41 |
| Sep 2015 | 107 | 123 | 1.2 | 67 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2014 | 109 | 147 | 1.4 | 86 | 0.79 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 105 | 37.6 | 26% | 45% | – |
| 2024/25 | 127 | 37.5 | 28% | 48% | – |
| 2023/24 | 144 | 36.0 | 31% | 51% | −0.73 |
| 2022/23 | 141 | 31.1 | 17% | 36% | −1.12 |
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
- Park AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20241.6applications per place 37.6Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · ThurrockOutstanding20242.6applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Thurrock20262.3applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · HaveringStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · ThurrockOutstanding20244.6applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · HaveringGood20223.2applications per place 51.7Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · ThurrockRemains Good20242.5applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · Thurrock20262.7applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · Kent20262.9applications per place 41.3Attainment 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
- 135960 · 883/6906
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 594 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Replaced
- Belhus Chase Specialist Humanities College (URN 115225)
- Address
- Belhus Park Lane, Aveley, South Ockendon, RM15 4RU
- Local authority
- Thurrock
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources