The Bromfords School
Grange Avenue, Wickford, SS12 0LZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- COMPASS EDUCATION TRUST LTD
- Headteacher
- Mr Jochen Tree
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Billericay School
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,260
- Pupils on roll
- 1,181
- URN
- 139181
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01268471201
About this school
The Bromfords School is a secondary academy in Wickford. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,181 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Bromfords School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 224 | 211 | 194 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.1 | 38.2 | 35.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.42 -0.61 to -0.23 | -0.50 -0.69 to -0.30 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 28.4% | 24.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 51.2% | 51.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 10% | 17.1% | 24.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Bromfords School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.1 | 43.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.2 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 35.9 | 42.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,160 |
| 2023/24 | 1,118 |
| 2024/25 | 1,135 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Bromfords School compares
The Bromfords School ranked 73rd of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.9 | 8.8% | 26% | 1,181 | — |
| Beauchamps High School | 48.1 | 8.1% | 14.7% | 1,486 | 1.5 miles |
| The Basildon Lower Academy | — | 15.3% | 52.4% | 892 | 2.3 miles |
| De La Salle School | 41.8 | 7.9% | 32.4% | 761 | 2.5 miles |
| The Basildon Upper Academy | 28.7 | 20.8% | 47.6% | 847 | 2.5 miles |
| The Appleton School | 39.6 | 10.6% | 20.1% | 1,597 | 3.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.02%
- English as an additional language
- 6.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.83%
- Persistent absence
- 26.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Beauchamps High School1.5 miles
Secondary · Wickford
-
The Basildon Lower Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Basildon
-
De La Salle School2.5 miles
Secondary · Basildon
-
The Basildon Upper Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Basildon
-
The Appleton School3.4 miles
Secondary · Benfleet
Other schools in Wickford
- Beauchamps High School Secondary
- Abacus Primary School Primary
- Grange Primary School Primary
- Hilltop Infant School Primary
- Hilltop Junior School Primary
- North Crescent Primary School Primary
- Oakfield Primary School Primary
- Runwell Community Primary School Primary
- St Luke's Park Primary School Primary
- The Wickford Church of England School Primary
- Wickford Primary School Primary
- Castledon School Academies
Common questions
- What ages does The Bromfords School teach?
- The Bromfords School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Wickford.
- Who is the headteacher of The Bromfords School?
- The headteacher of The Bromfords School is Mr Jochen Tree, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Bromfords School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Bromfords School, 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 The Bromfords School?
- The Bromfords School has 1,181 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Bromfords School full?
- The Bromfords School has capacity for 1,260 pupils and 1,181 on roll (94%), 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 The Bromfords School a faith school?
- No. The Bromfords School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Bromfords School a selective school?
- No. The Bromfords School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is The Bromfords School part of an academy trust?
- The Bromfords School is part of COMPASS EDUCATION TRUST LTD. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Bromfords School have?
- The schools register lists The Bromfords School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Bromfords School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.1 in 2022/23 and 35.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Bromfords School compare with other schools in Essex?
- The Bromfords School ranked 73rd of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Bromfords School's absence rate?
- The Bromfords School's overall absence rate is 8.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Bromfords School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Bromfords School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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.