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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 11 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 4 December 2014Graded inspection: Good · as Friars Primary School and Nursery, URN 134704
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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 entry90 applications · 60 places offered · 57 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2025 1.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1
- 2024 1.6; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2023 1.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.8
- 2022 1.6; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2019 1.4; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2018 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1
- 2017 1.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1
- 2016 1.6; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Southend-on-Sea median
Dashed bars: as Friars Primary School and Nursery (URN 134704), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 60 | 90 | 1.5 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 49 | 73 | 1.5 | 45 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 46 | 72 | 1.6 | 40 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2023 | 56 | 84 | 1.5 | 55 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 56 | 90 | 1.6 | 50 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 97 | 1.6 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 87 | 1.5 | 53 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 57 | 81 | 1.4 | 46 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 57 | 110 | 1.9 | 64 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 90 | 1.5 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 96 | 1.6 | 50 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2015 * | 59 | 89 | 1.5 | 55 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 56 | 69 | 1.2 | 43 | 0.77 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 80% · Writing 79% · Maths 75% → all three 66% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Southend-on-Sea median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 66% | 5% | 105 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 5% | 103 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 55% | 7% | 104 | 103 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Friars Primary School and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.5applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20232.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Southend-on-SeaStandards maintained20243.6applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Southend-on-Sea20261.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · EssexStandards maintained20251.4applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Southend-on-SeaGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20232.7applications per place
- 2.0 km · Southend-on-SeaGood202380%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · EssexStandards maintained20252.5applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143334 · 882/3824
- Capacity
- 472 pupils · 429 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- Friars Primary School and Nursery (URN 134704)
- Address
- Constable Way, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 9XX
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources