De La Salle School, Basildon

In its own words: "All applications for enrolment to Year 7 in September 2027 must be made through the online Essex portal, here . IMPORTANT: If you are applying under a faith category you must complete and return the SIF form (found in the link below). Forms must be returned to De La Salle School before the 31st October 2026."

From the headteacher's welcome: "De La Salle School, Basildon, was founded by the De La Salle Brothers in 1972. Known then as St Anselm's RC Comprehensive, the school served families of Basildon until 1996 when it changed its name to De La Salle School."

In 2026, pupils at De La Salle School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.5 in Essex and 47 across England.

43% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Essex and 47% in England.

That is up from 41.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.2: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 37.3, against 49.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and French.

For September 2026 entry, 215 families put De La Salle School as their first choice and 763 named it as one of their preferences, for 147 places offered. That is 1.5 first choices for every place. 87 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to De La Salle School are The Basildon Lower Academy (1.1 miles, Requires improvement); Harris Academy Kingswood (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.4); The James Hornsby School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8); and The Basildon Upper Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 26.9).

De La Salle School's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Of the 151 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 61% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

In 2026, 79 pupils (10.4%) received SEN support and 49 (6.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Basildon Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glebe Field (adjacent), 230 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood De La Salle School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 425 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Essex (97), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, De La Salle School issued 130 suspensions, 17 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to De La Salle School are The Willows Primary School (0.2 miles), Ghyllgrove Primary School (0.5 miles), Fairhouse Community Primary School (0.7 miles) and Whitmore Primary School and Nursery (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.