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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 | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 2 April 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 14 January 2020Graded inspection: 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 entry218 applications · 86 places offered · 68 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2025 2.2; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1
- 2024 2.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2023 2.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.8
- 2022 2.8; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2021 3.1; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2020 2.6; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2019 2.4; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2018 2.2; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1
- 2017 2.4; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1
- 2016 1.9; 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 1.4; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Southend-on-Sea median
Dashed bars: as Blenheim Primary School and Children's Centre (URN 114837), 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 | 86 | 218 | 2.5 | 68 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2025 | 77 | 170 | 2.2 | 62 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2024 | 88 | 233 | 2.7 | 93 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2023 | 89 | 225 | 2.5 | 79 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2022 | 90 | 254 | 2.8 | 100 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 90 | 276 | 3.1 | 98 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2020 | 87 | 229 | 2.6 | 96 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 | 89 | 214 | 2.4 | 80 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 | 83 | 185 | 2.2 | 73 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 79 | 191 | 2.4 | 70 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2016 * | 83 | 160 | 1.9 | 55 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2015 * | 86 | 128 | 1.5 | 58 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2014 * | 85 | 118 | 1.4 | 61 | 0.72 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 75% · Writing 80% · Maths 81% → all three 65% 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 | 65% | 13% | 106 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 13% | 104 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 65% | 14% | 106 | 106 |
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
- Blenheim Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.5applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Southend-on-SeaImproved significantly20252.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20221.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20232.2applications per place
- 1.3 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20231.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20241.9applications per place
- 1.3 km · Southend-on-Sea202684%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20233.0applications per place
- 1.4 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good2023
- 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
- 143337 · 882/2387
- Capacity
- 657 pupils · 650 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- Blenheim Primary School and Children's Centre (URN 114837)
- Address
- School Way, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 4HX
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources