Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Stanford-le-Hope, Thurrock·SS17 9BH
Composite score
44.8
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#9,182
National rank
#986
In East of England
#36
In Thurrock
Top 62%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
32 first choices, 41 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
53
any preference, for 41 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.16
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020221.0420230.9620240.9420250.782026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
479
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
9.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£3,804
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy at a glance

Located in Stanford-le-Hope, Thurrock, Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 479 pupils aged 2 to 11. 60% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 10.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy their first choice was offered one of its 41 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 24.9 pupils per teacher. Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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