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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 16 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 21 May 2013Graded inspection: Good · as Hamstel Infant School and Nursery, URN 114771
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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 entry215 applications · 120 places offered · 125 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2025 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1
- 2024 2.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2023 1.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.8
- 2022 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2021 2.1; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2020 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2019 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2018 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1
- 2017 1.8; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1
- 2016 2.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Southend-on-Sea median
Dashed bars: as Hamstel Infant School and Nursery (URN 114771), 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 | 120 | 215 | 1.8 | 125 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 120 | 224 | 1.9 | 126 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2024 | 120 | 239 | 2.0 | 126 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 118 | 202 | 1.7 | 115 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 117 | 227 | 1.9 | 109 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 120 | 249 | 2.1 | 142 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2020 | 150 | 278 | 1.9 | 149 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 149 | 282 | 1.9 | 152 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2018 | 146 | 279 | 1.9 | 140 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 148 | 264 | 1.8 | 139 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 * | 149 | 296 | 2.0 | 156 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2015 * | 149 | 279 | 1.9 | 152 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 * | 150 | 273 | 1.8 | 158 | 1.05 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hamstel Infant School and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.8applications per place
- 0.0 km · Southend-on-SeaGood202454%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20231.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20241.5applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Southend-on-SeaGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Southend-on-SeaGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20241.5applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Southend-on-SeaGood202380%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20232.7applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143340 · 882/2093
- Capacity
- 390 pupils · 434 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- Hamstel Infant School and Nursery (URN 114771)
- Address
- Hamstel Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4PQ
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources