The Sweyne Park School
Sir Walter Raleigh Drive, Rayleigh, SS6 9BZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- RAYLEIGH SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr John Edwards (Acting)
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Rayleigh schools Trust
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,520
- Pupils on roll
- 1,429
- URN
- 139534
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01268784721
About this school
The Sweyne Park School is a secondary academy in Rayleigh. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,429 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- 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 | 246 | 264 | 247 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.1 | 40.2 | 44.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.31 -0.49 to -0.13 | -0.38 -0.56 to -0.21 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 33.3% | 46.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 58.7% | 70% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 48% | 47.7% | 55.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
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 Sweyne Park 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 | 43.1 | 43.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.2 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44 | 42.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,480 |
| 2023/24 | 1,496 |
| 2024/25 | 1,422 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Sweyne Park School compares
The Sweyne Park School ranked 42nd of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44 | 7.8% | 19.9% | 1,429 | — |
| The FitzWimarc School | 45.2 | 7.6% | 15.2% | 1,770 | 0.7 miles |
| The Deanes | 34.4 | 11.5% | 32% | 588 | 1.9 miles |
| Beauchamps High School | 48.1 | 8.1% | 14.7% | 1,486 | 2.7 miles |
| The King John School | 49.6 | 5.9% | 16% | 2,098 | 2.7 miles |
| The Appleton School | 39.6 | 10.6% | 20.1% | 1,597 | 3.0 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)
- 19.94%
- English as an additional language
- 1.5%
- Overall absence
- 7.82%
- Persistent absence
- 19.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The FitzWimarc School0.7 miles
Secondary · Rayleigh
-
The Deanes1.9 miles
Secondary · Benfleet
-
Beauchamps High School2.7 miles
Secondary · Wickford
-
The King John School2.7 miles
Secondary · Benfleet
-
The Appleton School3.0 miles
Secondary · Benfleet
Other schools in Rayleigh
- The FitzWimarc School Secondary
- Down Hall Primary School Primary
- Edward Francis Primary School Primary
- Glebe Primary School Primary
- Grove Wood Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary School Primary
- Rayleigh Primary School Primary
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School Primary
- Wyburns Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Sweyne Park School teach?
- The Sweyne Park School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Rayleigh.
- Who is the headteacher of The Sweyne Park School?
- The headteacher of The Sweyne Park School is Mr John Edwards (Acting), as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Sweyne Park School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Sweyne Park 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 big is The Sweyne Park School?
- The Sweyne Park School has 1,429 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is The Sweyne Park School full?
- The Sweyne Park School has capacity for 1,520 pupils and 1,429 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 Sweyne Park School a faith school?
- No. The Sweyne Park School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Sweyne Park School a selective school?
- No. The Sweyne Park School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Sweyne Park School?
- The Sweyne Park School is part of RAYLEIGH SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Sweyne Park School have?
- The schools register lists The Sweyne Park School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Sweyne Park School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.1 in 2022/23 and 44 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 Sweyne Park School rank locally?
- The Sweyne Park School ranked 42nd of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% 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 Sweyne Park School's absence rate?
- The Sweyne Park School's overall absence rate is 7.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Sweyne Park School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Sweyne Park 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.