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The King Edmund School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy

Vaughan Close, Rochford SS4 1TL · kes.essex.sch.uk · 01702 545771

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
36.3
average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,318
82% of 1,600 places
Local authority
Essex
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
36.2%
First language not English
6.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The King Edmund School

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 169 families put the school first and 199 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 197 (Places 231)197September 2023: 193 (Places 220)193September 2024: 176 (Places 202)176September 2025: 166 (Places 213)166September 2026: 169 (Places 199)169Places 199
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261991690.8100%
September 2025Sept 20252131660.8100%
September 2024Sept 20242021760.9100%
September 2023Sept 20232201930.9100%
September 2022Sept 20222311970.999%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.3, and 22.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Essex it was 45.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (22 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 43.8 (England 46.3)43.82017/18: 39.6 (England 46.5)39.62018/19: 36.4 (England 46.7)36.42021/22: 41.8 (England 48.8)41.82022/23: 35.8 (England 46.3)35.82023/24: 34.9 (England 45.9)34.92024/25: 36.3 (England 46.0)36.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼36.346.0
▼22.5%45.4%
▼49.2%64.8%
▼7.2%40.5%
▼2.864.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form41.5−1
Further education43.8+5.4
Other education0.8—
Apprenticeship3.1−2.1
Employment3.9−2.1
Not in a lasting destination4.3−0.9
Activity not captured2.7+0.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 21.0 (England 30.5)D2016/17: 24.2 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 25.9 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 26.1 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 31.6 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 25.5 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 27.0 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 22.0 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
56 studentsD+ (22)Below average -0.34
56 studentsD+ (21.9)Below average -0.35
44 studentsMerit (24)Average +0.19
12 studentsDist+ (40.6)Above average +0.58
0%AAB or better
83.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2471C- (27)-0.29
2022/2385C- (25.5)—
2021/2292C (31.6)—
2018/19104C- (26.1)-0.34
2017/1894C- (25.9)-0.26
2016/1796D+ (24.2)-0.15
2015/1694D (21)-0.37

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University26.2−6.2
Further and other education6.6+4.5
Further education4.9—
Other education1.6—
Apprenticeship7.4+3.3
Employment39.3−2.6
Not in a lasting destination14.8−0.1
Activity not captured5.7+1

Ofsted

The King Edmund School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 23 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
23 Jan 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2019Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Apr 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • May 2013Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (171 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
69%
Replies
171
12% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school▼73% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼76% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼66% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼74% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼71% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼55% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼78% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●92% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼59% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼62% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 84% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼40% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 43% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼56% agreeEngland 67%

based on 51 parents (30%) with SEND

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