Ortu Hassenbrook Academy
Hassenbrook Road, Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 0NS
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Mossbourne Port Side Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sally Feeney
- Constituency
- South Basildon and East Thurrock
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 780
- Pupils on roll
- 691
- URN
- 143424
- Local authority
- Thurrock
About this school
Ortu Hassenbrook Academy was a secondary academy in Stanford-le-Hope. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 691 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Ortu Hassenbrook Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2016, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 110 | 135 | 128 |
| Attainment 8 score | 36.8 | 37.7 | 43.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.58 -0.86 to -0.29 | -0.76 -1.02 to -0.51 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 35.6% | 43.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 54.8% | 71.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 15% | 9.6% | 3.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
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 Ortu Hassenbrook Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Thurrock average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36.8 | 41.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37.7 | 42.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.8 | 43.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 629 |
| 2023/24 | 691 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ortu Hassenbrook Academy compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 52% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.8 | 8.8% | 36.3% | 691 | — |
| Mossbourne Port Side Academy | — | 8.3% | 36.4% | 443 | 0.0 miles |
| St Clere's School | 43.2 | 7.6% | 22.9% | 1,460 | 0.8 miles |
| Mossbourne Fobbing Academy | — | 8.1% | 21.8% | 859 | 1.2 miles |
| Woodlands School | 42.1 | 7.9% | 33% | 1,513 | 3.4 miles |
| Orsett Heath Academy | 47 | 7.1% | 23.1% | 699 | 4.0 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.3%
- English as an additional language
- 15.1%
- Overall absence
- 8.8%
- Persistent absence
- 29.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mossbourne Port Side Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Stanford-le-Hope
-
St Clere's School0.8 miles
Secondary · Stanford-le-Hope
-
Mossbourne Fobbing Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Stanford-le-Hope
-
Woodlands School3.4 miles
Secondary · Basildon
-
Orsett Heath Academy4.0 miles
Secondary · Grays
Other schools in Stanford-le-Hope
- Mossbourne Fobbing Academy Secondary
- Mossbourne Port Side Academy Secondary
- St Clere's School Secondary
- Abbots Hall Primary School Primary
- Arthur Bugler Primary School Primary
- Giffards Primary School Primary
- Graham James Primary Academy Primary
- Horndon-On-the-Hill CofE Primary School Primary
- Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ortu Hassenbrook Academy teach?
- Ortu Hassenbrook Academy taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Stanford-le-Hope.
- Has Ortu Hassenbrook Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Ortu Hassenbrook Academy under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Ortu Hassenbrook Academy?
- Ortu Hassenbrook Academy had 691 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Ortu Hassenbrook Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 36.8 in 2022/23 and 43.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Ortu Hassenbrook Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ortu Hassenbrook Academy'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 31 December 2024.