De La Salle School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Basildon, Essex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Essex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →De La Salle School is a secondary school in Basildon, Essex for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 May 2024. Essex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
De La Salle School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Not published |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 41.8 (England 46).
- Year 7 2026 drew 215 first-choice applications for 147 offers, 1.5 first choices per offer, the 6th highest of 75 Essex secondary schools.
- Of the Year 7 2026 offers, 128 went to first-choice families, and 87 first-choice families (40%) were not offered a place.
- 22.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 29.8% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Essex.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Essex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ghyllgrove, Basildon, SS14 2LA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 761 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending De La Salle School.”
- “They flourish here because they know that staff will give them the support and encouragement they need to do well, or if they feel worried.”
- “The school is highly inclusive.”
To improve
- “However, at times, particularly in key stage 3, teachers do not have high enough expectations of what pupils can achieve.”
- “Some work is not demanding enough.”
- “Pupils are not always expected to tackle challenging tasks independently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 215 first-preference applications, 147 offers in total, 128 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- The Basildon Lower Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodlands School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The James Hornsby School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Basildon Upper Academy 1.8 mi Good
- The Bromfords School 2.5 mi Not judged
- The Billericay School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Appleton School 3.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Beauchamps High School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published