William de Ferrers School
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🔑 Official Registries
| Ofsted URN | 136605 🔗 |
| CQC Location ID | N/A |
| DfE GIAS Profile | View School Dashboard 🔗 |
| Last Synced | Never |
📋 Capacity & Registration
| Number of Pupils | 1237 |
| Pupils on Roll | 1259 |
| Age Range Allowed | 11 - 18 |
| Lead Inspector | Steve Woodley |
| Inspection Dates | 24 and 25 September 2024 |
📋 Regulatory Evaluation Log & Reports
- Leadership by the headteacher, senior and subjects leaders is good. They have rapidly improved the quality of teaching and standards in the school.
- Teaching in English has rapidly improved across all year groups and teaching has improved in mathematics, humanities and languages, especially in Years 10, 11 and the sixth form.
- Teaching is good in some other subjects including business studies, religious education, physical education and technology.
- Teaching is good. Teachers make students think more deeply by asking effective questions and students work together well in whole-class activities, in groups and on their own.
- Subject leaders are driving improvements in teaching and have a strong understanding of the data and the quality of students’ work in their subjects.
- Senior leaders have made effective use of the very high standard of external challenge and support that they have received from a range of education professionals.
- Behaviour in the school is good. Attendance is above average. Students are proud of their school and wear their uniform with pride.
- The school provides a wide choice of courses at Key Stage 4, including academic subjects, vocational courses and a broad range of other GCSE subjects. All students are well prepared for their next steps in education, including at A level.
- Governors appointed the new headteacher to bring about a significant improvement in standards. They have supported him and other leaders in a turbulent time as staff and parents adjust to the new expectations.
- Leaders have successfully improved the progress of disabled students and those who have special educational needs.
- Leaders have improved the achievement of disadvantaged pupils. Their attainment, attendance and rate of exclusions are now in line with the rest of the school.
- Achievement in the sixth form is not good.
- Improve teaching by ensuring that teachers: consistently use marking to improve the quality and presentation of students’ work, especially in science set more demanding tasks in Years 7, 8 and 9, so that they better prepare students for the n ew GCSE
- Improve the quality of teaching so that it is consistently good or better by: ensuring that all teachers have high expectations of what every student can achieve making sure that teachers use the information that they have on their students’ achievement
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🔮 Predictive Ofsted Risk Profile
Watchlist threshold exceeded. Noticeable operational variance. Verify placement stability.
- Current Ofsted judgement is Requires Improvement.
- Rating downgraded from Good to Requires Improvement at the inspection of September 24, 2024.
- No open statutory requirements on the most recent inspection report.
- Last inspected September 24, 2024 - the published judgement is current.
- Parent operator shows no insolvency filings.
5 signals could not be assessed
- Manager tenure - not recorded.
- Manager turnover - changes have only been tracked since July 30, 2026; no earlier history exists.
- Registration status - not recorded.
- Staff sentiment - fewer than 3 verified reviews in the last six months.
- Area deprivation - this postcode has not been geocoded yet.
Derived from published Ofsted and CQC judgements, statutory requirements listed on inspection reports, and verified staff reviews. This is a directory-generated indicator, not a regulator judgement. Recalculated 1 second ago.
⚠️ Area Risk Analysis
Neighbourhood contextArea crime data has not been retrieved for this postcode yet.
Sources: police.uk street-level crime API and MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation. Crime is recorded at the neighbourhood level and does not describe the provision itself.
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🌐 Wikipedia Insights
Essex
County of England
Essex is a ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the south, Greater London to the south-west, and Hertfordshire to the west. The largest settlement is Southend-on-Sea.
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SEND Tribunal Appeals
| Appeal Rate | 1.42% |
| Decisions Upheld | 91% |
| Mediation Rate | 36% |
OHID Fingertips Public Health
| Life Expectancy | 82.3 years |
| Depression Rate | 10.6% |
| Childhood Obesity | 22.5% |
🍏 Food Hygiene Rating (FSA)
👥 School Governance Board
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📞 Contact Information
| Street Address | Trinity Square, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 5JU |
| Phone Number | 01245326326 |
| Official Website | 🔗 Visit Site |
🏢 Parent Operator Group
| CRN Number | 07552735 |
| HQ Postcode | CM35JU |
| Insolvency Risk | active |
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Statutory £2,000 Higher Education bursary plus vacation housing support assistance.
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🔍 Corporate Ownership & Financial Transparency Tracker
Companies House CRN: 07552735 | Operator: WILLIAM DE FERRERS SCHOOL
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Risk & Insolvency Flags
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