The Basildon Upper Academy, Basildon

In 2026, pupils at The Basildon Upper Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 26.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.5 in Essex and 47 across England.

14% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Essex and 47% in England.

That is down from 28.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.44: pupils made well 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 21.3, against 31.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Statistics, Combined Science and French.

Across Essex, 83% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Essex lodged 542 appeals against secondary school offers; 406 reached a hearing and 57 succeeded (14% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Basildon Upper Academy are The Basildon Lower Academy (0.7 miles, Requires improvement); De La Salle School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46); Harris Academy Kingswood (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.4); and Harris Academy Benfleet (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than The Basildon Upper Academy.

The Basildon Upper Academy is one of 2 schools run by The Basildon Academies, an academy trust.

Of the 330 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 73% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 34% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 104 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 26% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 27% into work. 3% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

42.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 25.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (58%), Black (16%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 126 pupils (14.9%) received SEN support and 16 (1.9%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Pitsea Rail Station, about 890 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chalvedon School (outside), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Basildon Upper Academy 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 406 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Essex (97), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Basildon Upper Academy issued 158 suspensions, 17.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to The Basildon Upper Academy are Northlands Primary School and Nursery (0.2 miles); Maple Grove Primary School (0.3 miles); St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon (0.5 miles); and Eversley Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.