Graded inspection · Jun 2024 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 4 June 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 11 May 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry646 applications · 310 places offered · 243 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.7
- 2025 2.2; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.0
- 2024 2.1; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.8
- 2023 2.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.9
- 2022 2.4; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.7
- 2021 3.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.4
- 2020 3.2; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.2
- 2019 3.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.1
- 2018 2.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.9
- 2017 2.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5
- 2016 2.3; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5
- 2015 2.3; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5
- 2014 2.1; 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
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 | 310 | 646 | 2.1 | 243 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2025 | 292 | 641 | 2.2 | 228 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2024 | 304 | 625 | 2.1 | 252 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2023 | 307 | 752 | 2.5 | 308 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 329 | 797 | 2.4 | 332 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2021 | 303 | 920 | 3.0 | 306 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 293 | 927 | 3.2 | 327 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2019 | 298 | 880 | 3.0 | 362 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2018 | 307 | 815 | 2.7 | 343 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 | 280 | 743 | 2.7 | 342 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2016 | 303 | 696 | 2.3 | 328 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2015 | 281 | 655 | 2.3 | 336 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2014 | 278 | 581 | 2.1 | 299 | 1.08 |
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.) | 303 | 38.9 | 33% | 53% | – |
| 2024/25 | 301 | 37.6 | 34% | 53% | – |
| 2023/24 | 300 | 36.9 | 30% | 50% | −0.89 |
| 2022/23 | 309 | 42.0 | 34% | 54% | −0.50 |
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
- Shoeburyness High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.1applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Southend-on-Sea20262.0applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Southend-on-SeaOutstanding20244.4applications per place 74.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.7 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20232.0applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20232.7applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · Southend-on-SeaOutstanding20246.2applications per place 75.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.4 km · Southend-on-SeaSpecial measures 20262.0applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20243.2applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · Southend-on-SeaOutstanding20235.7applications per place 77.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 137733 · 882/4034
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,770 pupils · 1,713 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 December 2011
- Replaced
- Shoeburyness High School (URN 115210)
- Address
- Caulfield Road, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 9LL
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources