De La Salle School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Essex
Ghyllgrove, Basildon, SS14 2LA
64
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
53%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.2%
20.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
761
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
750 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
53%
1st preference success rate
129 of 245 families who put it first got an offer
141
Places offered
779
Total applications
5.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 245 | 129 | ● 53% |
| 2nd preference | 200 | 7 | ● 4% |
| 3rd preference | 137 | 4 | ● 3% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 197 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 779 | 141 | 18% |
1st preference success by year
Essex lets families list 6 preferences. 10 applications came from outside the council area (7 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Norris
- Address
- Ghyllgrove, Basildon, SS14 2LA
- Phone
- 01268281234
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward / constituency
- Fryerns · Basildon and Billericay
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 115237
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 23% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 18% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
761 pupils · 750 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
02 May 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 790 pupils
Attendance
92.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.20 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 41% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.03 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 39.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 56.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 63.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.76 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 152 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 151 | 11% | 46% | 64% | |
| English Language | 151 | 11% | 48% | 66% | |
| English Literature | 144 | 15% | 53% | 68% | |
| Religious Studies | 138 | 17% | 43% | 50% | |
| Combined Science | 99 | 2% | 26% | 37% | |
| French | 75 | 9% | 28% | 41% | |
| History | 57 | 7% | 35% | 46% | |
| Art and Design | 56 | 18% | 39% | 61% | |
| Spanish | 54 | 11% | 41% | 59% | |
| Biology | 50 | 26% | 70% | 88% | |
| Physics | 50 | 18% | 56% | 80% | |
| Chemistry | 50 | 32% | 64% | 90% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Essex council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.