The Appleton School is a secondary school located in Benfleet. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 13/02/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5%, which is 1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Croft Road, Benfleet

School Information

Address: Croft Road, Benfleet, SS7 5RN
Website: http://www.theappletonschool.org
Telephone: 01268794215
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Sarah Cox
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136579

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 13/02/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1500
Number of Pupils: 1597
Number of Boys: 785
Number of Girls: 812

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.15 Confidence interval -0.31 to 0.01
Of the 251 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 246 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:50%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:45%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.19
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Jotmans Hall Primary School
High Road , SS7 5RG 		3out of 4 325 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Kents Hill Junior School
Kents Hill Road , SS7 5PS 		3out of 4 676 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Kents Hill Infant Academy
Kents Hill Road , SS7 5PS 		4out of 4 676 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Kents Hill Road , South Benfleet SS7 5PX 		2out of 4 708 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Woodham Ley Primary School
Rushbottom Lane , Great Tarpots SS7 4DN 		3out of 4 1,060 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Appleton School
Croft Road , SS7 5RN 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
USP College
Runnymede Chase , SS7 1TW 		- not rated 2,277 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Glenwood School
Rushbottom Lane , New Thundersley SS7 4LW 		4out of 4 1,374 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Cedar Hall School
Hart Road , Thundersley SS7 3UQ 		3out of 4 2,835 yd Foundation special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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