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The Basildon Lower Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–14 · Sponsored academy
Timberlog Close, Timberlog Lane, Basildon SS14 1UX · basildonacademies.org.uk · 01268 552536
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 892
- 66% of 1,350 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 52.6%
- First language not English
- 25.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 86 families put the school first and 213 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 213 | 86 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 252 | 108 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 290 | 95 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 318 | 104 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 228 | 130 | 0.6 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Basildon Lower Academy on 27 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Urgent improvement
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 27 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Urgent improvement |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
40% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (40 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 40%
- Positive
- 29%
- Replies
- 40
- 4% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on 24 parents (60%) whose child was bullied
based on 18 parents (45%) with SEND