Thriftwood School

State-Funded School

thriftwood-school-essex-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

MaldonConstituency

CM2 8RWPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Thriftwood School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 5–19, located in Essex, East of England.

It currently serves 279 pupils. Thriftwood School is part of SEAX TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

279

Total Pupils

65%Boys

35%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

53%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 5 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 279
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: SEAX TRUST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
7 Sept 2025	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
6 Nov 2017	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.