Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Southend-on-SeaSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry1,028 applications · 182 places offered · 280 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 5.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.7
- 2025 5.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.0
- 2024 5.1; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.8
- 2023 5.4; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.9
- 2022 5.1; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.7
- 2021 7.1; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.4
- 2020 7.2; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.2
- 2019 5.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.1
- 2018 5.2; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.9
- 2017 4.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5
- 2016 4.8; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5
- 2015 4.8; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5
- 2014 5.2; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5
- This school
- Southend-on-Sea median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 182 | 1,028 | 5.7 | 280 | 1.54 |
| Sep 2025 | 181 | 1,023 | 5.7 | 283 | 1.56 |
| Sep 2024 | 167 | 850 | 5.1 | 222 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2023 | 169 | 918 | 5.4 | 266 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2022 | 183 | 931 | 5.1 | 258 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2021 | 184 | 1,298 | 7.1 | 368 | 2.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 138 | 991 | 7.2 | 289 | 2.09 |
| Sep 2019 | 176 | 1,006 | 5.7 | 289 | 1.64 |
| Sep 2018 | 182 | 948 | 5.2 | 269 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2017 | 181 | 847 | 4.7 | 236 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2016 | 182 | 878 | 4.8 | 228 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2015 | 183 | 876 | 4.8 | 241 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2014 | 154 | 796 | 5.2 | 222 | 1.44 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 174 | 77.2 | 99% | 100% | – |
| 2024/25 | 177 | 77.6 | 98% | 100% | – |
| 2023/24 | 181 | 77.3 | 98% | 100% | +0.93 |
| 2022/23 | 180 | 78.2 | 99% | 100% | +0.90 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Westcliff High School for Boys AcademyThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20235.7applications per place 77.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.1 km · Southend-on-SeaOutstanding20244.6applications per place 73.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.3 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20243.2applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Southend-on-SeaStandards maintained20244.6applications per place 51.2Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Southend-on-SeaSpecial measures 20262.0applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Southend-on-SeaOutstanding20246.2applications per place 75.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.0 km · Southend-on-Sea20262.5applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20232.7applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20232.0applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136272 · 882/5401
- Trust
- Westcliff High School for Boys Limited
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,300 pupils · 1,309 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2010
- Replaced
- Westcliff High School for Boys (URN 115317)
- Address
- Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BP
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources