Secondary
De La Salle School
Ghyllgrove, Basildon, SS14 2LA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 761 of 750 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
- Local authority
- Essex
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brentwood
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 63.0
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 755
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
40%
10 points above the Basildon average (30% across 4 schools)
41.8
3.9 above the Basildon average (37.9 across 4 schools)
1st of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Basildon we can score - 5 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.76 |
| Entered the EBacc | 64% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36% |
| 22/23 | 42% |
| 23/24 | 41% |
| 24/25 | 40% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.12 |
| 22/23 | -0.08 |
| 23/24 | -0.20 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.3 |
| 22/23 | 45.8 |
| 23/24 | 44.6 |
| 24/25 | 41.8 |
Ghyllgrove, Basildon, SS14 2LA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Essex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Paul Norris
- Address
- Ghyllgrove, Basildon, SS14 2LA
- Telephone
- 01268281234