The Ongar Academy

Free schoolsSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Fyfield Road, Ongar, CM5 0AN

Headteacher · Mr Jonathan Sands

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 9 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils467Capacity 800

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 1 November 2023

TrustBridge Academy Trust

Free school meals27.4%

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 1 November 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Essex council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 90 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered107

Applications193

First choice90

First-choice offers90

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).