Poplar Adolescent Unit
Rochford Community Hospital, Union Lane, Rochford, SS4 1RB
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head of Education
- Miss Charlotte Baulch
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 16
- Pupils on roll
- 0
- URN
- 135778
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01702538138
About this school
Poplar Adolescent Unit is a special school in Rochford. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 0 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Poplar Adolescent Unit, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Poplar Adolescent Unit has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 0 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kingsdown School2.0 miles
Academies · Southend-on-Sea
-
Victory Park Academy2.2 miles
Academies · Southend-On-Sea
-
Sutton House Academy2.2 miles
Academies · Southend-On-Sea
-
Lancaster School2.2 miles
Academies · Westcliff-on-Sea
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Southend YMCA Community School2.3 miles
Free Schools · Southend-on-Sea
Other schools in Rochford
- Canewdon Church of England Primary School Primary
- Holt Farm Infant School Primary
- Holt Farm Junior School Primary
- Lift Ashingdon Primary
- Rochford Primary and Nursery School Primary
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Stambridge Primary School Primary
- Waterman Primary School Primary
- The King Edmund School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Poplar Adolescent Unit teach?
- Poplar Adolescent Unit teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a special school in Rochford.
- Who is the head of education of Poplar Adolescent Unit?
- The head of education of Poplar Adolescent Unit is Miss Charlotte Baulch, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Poplar Adolescent Unit been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Poplar Adolescent Unit, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Poplar Adolescent Unit?
- Poplar Adolescent Unit has 0 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Poplar Adolescent Unit full?
- Poplar Adolescent Unit has capacity for 16 pupils and 0 on roll (0%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Poplar Adolescent Unit a faith school?
- No. Poplar Adolescent Unit has no designated religious character.
- Does Poplar Adolescent Unit publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Poplar Adolescent Unit. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.