Southend-on-Sea schools and admissions data

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has 43 primary schools and 22 secondary schools. 11% of Southend-on-Sea's schools are private schools. 6 state schools in Southend-on-Sea follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 46 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Southend-on-Sea

  1. Outstanding 10
  2. Good 35
  3. Requires Improvement 3
  4. Inadequate 2

Most popular state schools
in Southend-on-Sea in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Hinguar Community Primary School

    Academy converter • Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Earls Hall Primary School

    Community school • Westcliff-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Bournes Green Infant School

    Academy converter • Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    West Leigh Infant School

    Community school • Leigh-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Blenheim Primary School

    Academy converter • Leigh-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Greenways Primary School

    Academy converter • Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Chalkwell Hall Infant School

    Community school • Leigh-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School

    Academy converter • Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    St George's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Hamstel Infant School and Nursery

    Academy converter • Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Westborough Academy

    Academy converter • Westcliff-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  12. 12

    Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Leigh-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Eastwood Primary School & Nursery

    Foundation school • Leigh-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Friars Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter • Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Fairways Primary School

    Community school • Leigh-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    St Helen's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Westcliff-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Temple Sutton Primary School

    Academy converter • Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Leigh North Street Primary School

    Community school • Leigh-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Westcliff High School for Boys Academy

    Academy converter • Westcliff-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Westcliff High School for Girls

    Academy converter • Westcliff-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Southend High School for Boys

    Academy converter • Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    The Eastwood Academy

    Academy converter • Leigh-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Southend High School for Girls

    Academy converter • Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    St Bernard's High School

    Academy converter • Westcliff-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Shoeburyness High School

    Academy converter • Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Belfairs Academy

    Academy converter • Leigh-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Southchurch High School

    Academy sponsor led • Southend-On-Sea

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  10. 10

    St Thomas More High School

    Academy converter • Westcliff-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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