Hylands School

State-Funded School

hylands-school-essex-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

North West EssexConstituency

CM1 3ETPostcode

0.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Hylands School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Essex, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 614 pupils. Hylands School is part of The Kemnal Academies Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Feb 2026 · published 8 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Urgent improvement
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 37.8
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 37.8%
EBacc average point score: 3.16

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

Black

10%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

614

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

21%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 614
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: The Kemnal Academies Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
19 Jul 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
9 Jan 2020	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.