The Basildon Lower Academy

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Essex council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Essex's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 86 families put this school as their first choice, and 213 places were offered. 86 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 27 January 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Requires significant improvement

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Urgent improvement

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Needs attention

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 29 March 2023. Overall: Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–14

Pupils

892 (capacity 1350)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

THE BASILDON ACADEMIES

Phone

01268552536

Address

Timberlog Close, Timberlog Lane, Basildon, SS14 1UX

Website

basildonacademies.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports