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Benfleet · SS7 4LW · Essex
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenURN 115469
Glenwood School
Community special school · Benfleet · SS7 4LW
Age range
Ages 3–19
Pupils
263
Local authority
Essex
Age range
Ages 3–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingBoarding school
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 3–19, in Benfleet, Essex, 263 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, sixth form, special school. Free school meals: 32.7%. SEN provision includes: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty.
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 3–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 115469
Location
- Address
- Rushbottom Lane, New Thundersley
- Postcode
- SS7 4LW
- Town
- Benfleet
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Castle Point
- Constituency
- Castle Point
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 263
- Boys / girls
- 196 / 67
- School capacity
- 220
- Capacity fill
- 263 / 220 (120%)
- Free school meals
- 32.7%
- FSM pupils
- 73
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Amanda Lambert
- Telephone
- 01268792575
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2024-11-20
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%