# The Basildon Lower Academy

URN 135895, Secondary, Academy sponsor led, Essex.

Timberlog Close, Basildon, SS14 1UX.

This page states what happened. It publishes no score, no ranking and no prediction, and nothing here says whether a particular child would be offered a place.

Figures current as of 4 September 2026, the day we last retrieved a source behind this page.

## Ofsted category of concern

At its inspection on 27 January 2026 (Ofsted report card (current framework)) this school was placed in the category "requires significant improvement". Ofsted judged that one or more key areas of the school's performance needed significant improvement, while leaders had the capacity to improve. This category replaced “serious weaknesses”. Schools do leave these categories, so this is not a statement of where the school stands today. Check that with Ofsted.

## How many families applied

In the 2025 intake, 108 families named this school as their first preference, and it made 252 offers.

That is 0.43 first preferences per place offered, at Year 7. This describes demand. It is not a pass rate and not a prediction.

Fewer families are naming it first. Across the 5 most recent years held, first preferences per place averaged 0.46 in 2021–2022 and 0.38 in 2024–2025.

| Intake year | First preferences | Offers made | First preferences per place |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| 2025 | 108 | 252 | 0.43 |
| 2024 | 95 | 290 | 0.33 |
| 2023 | 104 | 318 | 0.33 |
| 2022 | 130 | 228 | 0.57 |
| 2021 | 103 | 287 | 0.36 |
| 2020 | 81 | 213 | 0.38 |
| 2019 | 80 | 275 | 0.29 |
| 2018 | 70 | 178 | 0.39 |
| 2017 | 105 | 216 | 0.49 |
| 2016 | 65 | 98 | 0.66 |
| 2015 | 92 | 113 | 0.81 |
| 2014 | 121 | 141 | 0.86 |

## Catchment area

We hold no published admission area for this school. That is not the same as an address being outside one. We cannot say either way.

## Where these figures come from

- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools. School identity, type, phase and address. https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- Ofsted: state-funded school inspections management information. Inspection outcomes, published monthly. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- Department for Education: school-level applications and offers. Preferences and offers, 2014 to 2025 intakes. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- Department for Education: school workforce in England. Teacher turnover, by school, from the School Workforce Census. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england. Retrieved 4 September 2026.

"Retrieved" is the day we downloaded the data, not the day it was written, so a figure can be about an earlier year.

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