Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Southend-on-Sea
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 | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry82 applications · 43 places offered · 38 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2025 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1
- 2024 1.6; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2023 1.6; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.8
- 2022 1.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2021 1.4; 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; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Southend-on-Sea median
Dashed bars: as Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School (URN 115148), 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 | 43 | 82 | 1.9 | 38 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 36 | 68 | 1.9 | 34 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 45 | 70 | 1.6 | 38 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2023 | 37 | 59 | 1.6 | 37 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 44 | 66 | 1.5 | 32 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2021 | 57 | 80 | 1.4 | 55 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 50 | 75 | 1.5 | 48 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 57 | 82 | 1.4 | 49 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2018 * | 57 | 110 | 1.9 | 65 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2017 * | 59 | 98 | 1.7 | 61 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 90 | 1.5 | 54 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 61 | 95 | 1.6 | 64 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2014 * | 58 | 98 | 1.7 | 61 | 1.05 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 82% · Writing 79% · Maths 71% → all three 59% 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 | 59% | 8% | 106 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 14% | 107 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 55% | 8% | 105 | 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
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · Southend-on-SeaImproved significantly20252.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20233.0applications per place
- 0.4 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good2023
- 1.0 km · Southend-on-SeaStandards maintained20252.5applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20222.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20241.9applications per place
- 1.6 km · Southend-on-Sea202684%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20242.3applications per place 66%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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144987 · 882/2002
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 473 pupils · 464 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 May 2018
- Replaced
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School (URN 115148)
- Address
- Manchester Drive, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 3HS
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources