Shorefields School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Shorefields School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Essex, East of England.
The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 177 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
9
2024
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Outstanding
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
61%Boys
39%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 3 – 19
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 177
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.
Standards maintained
Ungraded inspection on 6 November 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.
Read the inspection letter on Ofsted| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 2013 | Outstanding | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Outstanding |
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.
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