Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in EssexSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 12 March 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 12 October 2022Ungraded 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 entry896 applications · 237 places offered · 261 named it first
- 2026 3.8; Essex median median 2.8
- 2025 4.0; Essex median median 2.7
- 2024 3.8; Essex median median 2.8
- 2023 3.8; Essex median median 2.7
- 2022 3.6; Essex median median 2.7
- 2021 3.3; Essex median median 2.6
- 2020 3.2; Essex median median 2.8
- 2019 2.9; Essex median median 2.7
- 2018 3.5; Essex median median 2.6
- 2017 2.8; Essex median median 2.7
- 2016 3.4; Essex median median 2.6
- 2015 3.4; Essex median median 2.5
- 2014 3.3; Essex median median 2.6
- This school
- Essex 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 | 237 | 896 | 3.8 | 261 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2025 | 236 | 938 | 4.0 | 262 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2024 | 231 | 881 | 3.8 | 259 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2023 | 236 | 889 | 3.8 | 244 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 | 238 | 848 | 3.6 | 210 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2021 | 239 | 781 | 3.3 | 167 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2020 | 237 | 761 | 3.2 | 197 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 | 240 | 706 | 2.9 | 157 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2018 | 210 | 740 | 3.5 | 180 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2017 | 231 | 645 | 2.8 | 159 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2016 | 205 | 695 | 3.4 | 192 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 | 209 | 714 | 3.4 | 203 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 201 | 657 | 3.3 | 173 | 0.86 |
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.) | 235 | 58.6 | 64% | 82% | – |
| 2024/25 | 235 | 55.6 | 57% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 233 | 56.0 | 58% | 82% | +0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 219 | 55.0 | 58% | 84% | +0.05 |
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
- Anglo European SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.8applications per place 58.6Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · Essex20253.2applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · EssexRemains Good20244.3applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · EssexRemains Good20243.8applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · EssexSpecial measures 20260.6applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · EssexImproved significantly20244.2applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20254.3applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · Essex20264.6applications per place 48.3Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137727 · 881/5442
- Trust
- Anglo European Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,338 pupils · 1,533 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2011
- Replaced
- Anglo European School (URN 115358)
- Address
- Willow Green, Ingatestone, CM4 0DJ
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources