The King John School

Shipwrights Drive, Thundersley, Castle Point, Essex, SS7 1RQ

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About this school

The King John School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Castle Point, Essex. The school has 2,108 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 7 July 2021). Last inspected 20 January 2026. The Headteacher is Daniel Steel. The school is administered by Essex local authority. It belongs to ZENITH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 April 2011.

School details

Headteacher

Daniel Steel

Trust

ZENITH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Local authority

Essex

Gender

Mixed

URN

136577

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The King John School are handled by the school or the local authority (Essex). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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