The Cornelius Vermuyden School
Dinant Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 9QS
This school is closed (it closed in May 2026).
It was replaced by The Cornelius Vermuyden School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Ms Dee Conlon
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Castle Point
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 634
- URN
- 140308
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
About this school
The Cornelius Vermuyden School was a secondary academy in Canvey Island. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 634 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 163 | 160 | 149 |
| Attainment 8 score | 36.8 | 33.2 | 32.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.76 -0.98 to -0.54 | -1.34 -1.56 to -1.12 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% | 20% | 16.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44% | 41.3% | 36.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 48% | 51.9% | 36.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
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 Cornelius Vermuyden 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 | 36.8 | 43.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 33.2 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 32.2 | 42.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 816 |
| 2023/24 | 766 |
| 2024/25 | 727 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Cornelius Vermuyden School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32.2 | 12.4% | 34% | 634 | — |
| The Cornelius Vermuyden School | — | — | — | — | 0.1 miles |
| Castle View School | 36 | 8.5% | 31% | 1,098 | 1.2 miles |
| The King John School | 49.6 | 5.9% | 16% | 2,098 | 2.3 miles |
| The Appleton School | 39.6 | 10.6% | 20.1% | 1,597 | 2.7 miles |
| The Deanes | 34.4 | 11.5% | 32% | 588 | 3.2 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)
- 33.98%
- English as an additional language
- 3.2%
- Overall absence
- 12.36%
- Persistent absence
- 37.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Cornelius Vermuyden School0.1 miles
Secondary · Canvey Island
-
Castle View School1.2 miles
Secondary · Canvey Island
-
The King John School2.3 miles
Secondary · Benfleet
-
The Appleton School2.7 miles
Secondary · Benfleet
-
The Deanes3.2 miles
Secondary · Benfleet
Other schools in Canvey Island
- Castle View School Secondary
- The Cornelius Vermuyden School Secondary
- Canvey Island Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Canvey Junior School Primary
- Leigh Beck Infant School and Nursery Academy Primary
- Leigh Beck Junior School Primary
- Lubbins Park Primary Academy Primary
- Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery Primary
- St Katherine's Church of England Primary School Primary
- William Read Primary Academy Primary
- Winter Gardens Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Cornelius Vermuyden School teach?
- The Cornelius Vermuyden School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Canvey Island.
- Has The Cornelius Vermuyden School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Cornelius Vermuyden 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 Cornelius Vermuyden School?
- The Cornelius Vermuyden School had 634 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have The Cornelius Vermuyden School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 36.8 in 2022/23 and 32.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are The Cornelius Vermuyden School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Cornelius Vermuyden 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.