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Academy sponsor led · Southend-on-Sea

Southchurch High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 722Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 143144URN

Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-On-Sea, SS2 4XA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.7 below Southend-on-Sea median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Southend-on-SeaSelective

229 applications for 112 places · 10th of 12 in Southend-on-Sea
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.5of 90
9th of 12 in Southend-on-Sea
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 21 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 24 March 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 15 November 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.0applications per place, Year 7
0.7 below Southend-on-Sea median (2.7) close to England median (2.2)

229 applications · 112 places offered · 84 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.8
  4. 2023 2.1; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.9
  5. 2022 2.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.4
  7. 2020 2.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.2
  8. 2019 2.2; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.1
  9. 2018 1.6; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.9; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.3; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.3; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.8; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Southend-on-Sea median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Southend-on-Sea median

Dashed bars: as Futures Community College (URN 132762), The Thorpe Bay School (URN 115346), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261122292.0840.75
Sep 20251563172.01360.87
Sep 20241352762.01030.76
Sep 20231513092.11110.74
Sep 20221724632.71971.15
Sep 20211634833.01580.97
Sep 20201584312.71691.07
Sep 20191663652.21560.94
Sep 2018 *1672651.61230.74
Sep 2017 *1571621.0470.30
Sep 2016 *1041391.3520.50
Sep 2015 *821091.3390.48
Sep 2014 *1132001.8790.70

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

147 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.59th of 12 in Southend-on-Sea
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%8th of 12 in Southend-on-Sea
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%
  • This school
  • Southend-on-Sea median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.72
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14744.540%65%–
2024/2514838.724%49%–
2023/2415834.213%35%−0.72
2022/2315237.523%45%−0.81

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

  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
143144 · 882/4002
Trust
Partnership Learning
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
840 pupils · 722 on roll
Free school meals
44.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2018
Replaced
Futures Community College (URN 132762); The Thorpe Bay School (URN 115346)
Address
Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-On-Sea, SS2 4XA
Local authority
Southend-on-Sea

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources