Community special school

Glenwood School

Mixed · ages 3–19 · with sixth formEssex, East of England · Benfleet SS7 4LWSchool website
Pupils on roll
263of 220 places
Free school meals
32.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
14
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 9 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 12 pupils who finished Year 11 at Glenwood School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Glenwood School’s own sixth form (Essex average 37%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Essex and England.

Glenwood School
Essex
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureGlenwood SchoolEssexEngland
Pupils in the cohort1215,970607,348
Any sustained destination100%92%92%
Stayed in education100%86%86%
— school sixth form0%37%34%
— sixth form college0%9%13%
— further education college0%38%37%
— other education100%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Essex

Alec Hunter Academy

Academy sponsor led · 1,058 pupils

80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7

Anglo European School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,533 pupils

96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.6

Beauchamps High School

Foundation school · sixth form · 1,486 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1

Bmat Stem Academy

University technical college · sixth form · 240 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 28.1

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.