Basildon’s new £45million academies have been severely criticised by Ofsted. Inspectors from the Government education watchdog published damning reports on both the Upper Academy, off Wickford Avenue, ...

The leader of Basildon Council wants to implement a collaborative approach to tackle the issue A council leader has called for improvements to be made after a school was revealed to have the worst ...

A TROUBLED school has seen 76 teachers leave and paid out a more than £370,000 to former staff, the Echo can reveal. Figures obtained under freedom of information powers show a whopping £372,588 was ...

A council leader has called for improvements to be made after a school was revealed to have the worst pupil attendance rate in England. Data showed Basildon Upper Academy in Basildon, Essex, had the ...