Other independent school
Maldon · CM9 4QE · Essex
Ages 1–11
0.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 137790
Plume School
Academy converter · Maldon · CM9 6AB
Ages 11–18 · 1,789 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
43.6
Overall absence
7.9%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-28
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.37
−20+2
Attainment 843.6
English & maths grade 5+44%
English & maths grade 4+65%
EBacc entry14%
EBacc APS: 3.6
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.5%
Unauthorised3.5%
- Authorised absence
- 4.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,532
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill97%
1,789 pupils · 1,841 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,789
- Boys / girls
- 913 / 876
- School capacity
- 1,841
- Capacity fill
- 1,789 / 1,841 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 25.8%
- FSM pupils
- 390
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: PLUME SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- PLUME SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr Tom Baster
Location
- Address
- Fambridge Road
- Postcode
- CM9 6AB
- Town
- Maldon
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Maldon
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Maldon, Essex, 1,789 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 25.8%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Maldon Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Maldon · CM9 5DQ · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence7.8%
- FSM50.3%
0.3 miles away
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6HN · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM11.7%
0.3 miles away
All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6HY · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS258%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM22.8%
0.3 miles away
Wentworth Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6JN · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM15.1%
0.5 miles away
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy alternative provision converter
Maldon · CM9 4NB · Essex
Ages 5–16
- FSM59.6%
0.9 miles away
Free schools · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6NE · Essex
Ages 2–11
- FSM11.8%
1.0 miles away
Heybridge Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Maldon · CM9 4TU · Essex
Ages 2–11
- KS234%
- Absence7.5%
- FSM33.8%
1.3 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Tom Baster
- Telephone
- 01621854681