# The James Hornsby School — Basildon, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/basildon/the-james-hornsby-school-14138 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 2.4/5 from 16 published reviews - **Principal:** Mrs T Nicholls ## Contact - **Address:** Leinster Road, Laindon, Basildon, Essex - **Phone:** 01268 582400 - **Website:** http://www.jameshornsby.essex.sch.uk/ - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/basildon/the-james-hornsby-school-14138 ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Good — Oct 2021 - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Oct 2021 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Oct 2021 - **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Oct 2021 - **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Good — Oct 2021 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — DONT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE!: Don’t send your kids here! My kid has been locked in rooms with no food or drink and pushed by the headteacher her mental health Was absolutely ruined going here! I took her out now due it it being horrible *(Dec 2025)* - **1/5** — Bad school don’t go there: I went to the school moved schools now due to serious bullying it effected my mental and physical health got rid of sen department when you need help a teacher has to come get you kids are really bad it got to the point where a whole class of 30 kids wrote really bad things on a note about me and I’m going to be honest it got to the point where the police found out about all the bullying NOT A GOOD SCHOOL DONT GO THERE *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — Awful: I am a year 10, I have seen some very unfortunate things in my time here at James Hornsby I have seen a male safe guarding teacher search a girl and get them to shake out their bra which under Ofsted is against the law. I have also seen many of my friends be threatened by teachers. The toilets are absolutely disgraceful. I do not recommend coming here if you want someone to mentally support you it won't happen, I had a bullying incident and the girl pulled out the race card and the school took h… *(Jun 2023)* - **5/5** — Exceptional experience so far!: We've been at James Hornsby for a year now and it's been a great experience. The accessibility feature on the website is fantastic and has really helped my daughter. We love the inclusive values and the staff are always approachable. *(Jan 2023)* - **3/5** — Don’t go here: I’m yr10 it could deffo be a whole lot better ngl, teachers don’t understand students at all, the new spark system is stupid and needs to go but it’s okay. *(Nov 2022)* - **4/5** — Good if you don’t care for your childrens mental health.: At this school I faced a lot of discrimination and having the teachers do hardly anything about it. This school definitely cares about their appearance rather than how they actually are. I had a few lovely teachers get me through the time there which helped. This school is okay but could definitely put more effort in with forming good relationships with students and trying to understand the childrens circumstances better. I left the school recently and now work in a school and I can definitely s… *(Nov 2022)* - **5/5** — Good school: I go to this school Theres plenty Of Bad Kids But If You Just Focous On Yourself Then YOU will do SO well The teachers Are really Nice As Well Very Supportive especially When You've Had A Bad Day *(Aug 2022)* - **4/5** — Decent school, the teachers make it: Très bien, it’s a very good school *(Aug 2022)* - **4/5** — Encouraging creativity: We're really impressed with the art gallery and the Arts Mark Gold award. Our son loves the Technology classes and it's great to see him being encouraged to express his creativity. The school's commitment to charity work is also something we appreciate. *(Jun 2022)* - **4/5** — James Hornsby: Good school and wonderful teachers. I think that the children get overtired and don’t have much fun at this school. Lovely teachers and good environment though. *(Apr 2022)* ## Other schools in Basildon - [Woodlands School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/basildon/woodlands-school-16055) — 2.4/5 (15 reviews) - [De La Salle School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/basildon/de-la-salle-school-5990) — 2.0/5 (6 reviews) - [Merrylands Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/basildon/merrylands-primary-school-17670) — 3.9/5 (5 reviews) - [The Willows Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/basildon/the-willows-primary-school-17671) — 3.6/5 (5 reviews) - [St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/basildon/st-teresas-catholic-primary-school-basildon-14969) — 4.8/5 (4 reviews) - [Lincewood Primary Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/basildon/lincewood-primary-academy-23460) — 4.8/5 (4 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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