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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...