Secondary school in Canvey Island, Essex
The Cornelius Vermuyden School
Dinant Avenue, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 9QS
Ofsted
Graded Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 31 October 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Places
- 900
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Castle Point 010E, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 12%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 29%
- Households owning their home
- 41%
- Households in social housing
- 41%
- Households with no car
- 30%
- Adults economically inactive
- 43%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- SOUTH EAST ESSEX ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Dee Conlon
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Canvey Island Winter Gardens
- Constituency
- Castle Point
- URN
- 152376
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle View SchoolAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2023 | 36 | 1.2 mi |
| The King John SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 49.6 | 2.3 mi |
| The Appleton SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 39.6 | 2.6 mi |
| The DeanesAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 34.4 | 3.1 mi |
| Belfairs AcademyAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2024 | 45.5 | 3.5 mi |
| The Basildon Upper AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 28.7 | 3.9 mi |
| Westcliff High School for GirlsAcademy converter | Outstanding 2024 | 75.6 | 4.6 mi |
| The Basildon Lower AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | — | 4.6 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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