The James Hornsby School

Leinster Road, Basildon, Essex, SS15 5NX

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About this school

The James Hornsby School is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Basildon, Essex. The school has 1,037 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 6 October 2021). Last inspected 3 February 2026. The Headteacher is Tammy Nicholls. The school is administered by Essex local authority. It belongs to ZENITH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 October 2012.

School details

Headteacher

Tammy Nicholls

Trust

ZENITH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Local authority

Essex

Gender

Mixed

URN

138865

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The James Hornsby 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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