Mossbourne Fobbing Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Thurrock
Southend Road, Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 8JT
–
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Inadequate
Graded 04/05/2022
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.9%
26.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
859
Capacity used
Has space66%
1,296 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
15 of 15 families who put it first got an offer
21
Places offered
54
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 15 | 15 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 12 | 5 | ● 42% |
| 3rd preference | 5 | 1 | ● 20% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 22 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 54 | 21 | 39% |
Thurrock lets families list 6 preferences. 54 applications came from outside the council area (21 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Samuel Cooper
- Address
- Southend Road, Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 8JT
- Local authority
- Thurrock
- Ward / constituency
- Corringham & Fobbing · South Basildon and East Thurrock
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 151441
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 19% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE MOSSBOURNE FEDERATION
859 pupils · 1,296 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
04 May 2022
Full graded inspection
Inadequate overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Requires improvement Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective No Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Inadequate
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 995 pupils
Attendance
91.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 17663: Mossbourne Sixth Form Thurrock
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
Loading prices…
Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Thurrock council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
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.