Foundation school · Secondary
Wickford · SS11 8LY · Essex
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 139181
The Bromfords School
Academy converter · Wickford · SS12 0LZ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,181
Local authority
Essex
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- 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 academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Wickford, Essex, 1,181 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 24.4%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 139181
Location
- Address
- Grange Avenue
- Postcode
- SS12 0LZ
- Town
- Wickford
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Basildon
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- 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
- 1,181
- Boys / girls
- 572 / 609
- School capacity
- 1,260
- Capacity fill
- 1,181 / 1,260 (94%)
- Free school meals
- 24.4%
- FSM pupils
- 259
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: COMPASS EDUCATION TRUST LTD
- Academy trust
- COMPASS EDUCATION TRUST LTD
- Sponsor
- The Billericay 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
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- SEN unit
- SEN unit places
- 15 on roll / 15 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Jochen Tree
- Telephone
- 01268471201
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
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-10-15
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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)
- Attainment 8
- 38.2
- Progress 8
- -0.5
- English & maths grade 5+
- 28%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 51%
- EBacc entry
- 17%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3