Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy
The Street, Heybridge, Maldon, CM9 4NB
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- KEYS CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Skyers
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 135
- Pupils on roll
- 57
- URN
- 143591
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01621856275
About this school
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy is a special academy in Maldon. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 57 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy, 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Mid Essex Co-Operative 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 |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56 |
| 2023/24 | 63 |
| 2024/25 | 72 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 65.28%
- English as an additional language
- 2.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Maldon Court Preparatory School0.8 miles
Independent schools · Maldon
-
Woodend Farm School4.6 miles
Special schools · Witham
-
Heathcote School5.0 miles
Independent schools · Chelmsford
-
Elm Green Preparatory School5.0 miles
Independent schools · Essex
-
Southview School5.9 miles
Academies · Witham
Other schools in Maldon
- All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Great Totham Primary School Primary
- Heybridge Primary School Primary
- Limebrook Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Maldon Primary School Primary
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon Primary
- Tollesbury School Primary
- Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy Primary
- Wentworth Primary School Primary
- Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Plume School Secondary
- Maldon Court Preparatory School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy teach?
- Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Maldon.
- Who is the headteacher of Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy?
- The headteacher of Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy is Mr Richard Skyers, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy, 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 Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy?
- Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy has 57 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy full?
- Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy has capacity for 135 pupils and 57 on roll (42%), 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 Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy a faith school?
- No. Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy part of an academy trust?
- Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy is part of KEYS CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- Does Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy. 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 2 July 2026.