Graded inspection · Jul 2024 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 |
Inspection history
- 9 July 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 22 June 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry78 applications · 52 places offered · 46 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2025 2.1; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1
- 2024 2.1; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2023 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.8
- 2022 1.6; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2021 1.8; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2019 2.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.0
- 2018 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Southend-on-Sea median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.8; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Southend-on-Sea median
Dashed bars: as Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery (URN 115146), 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 | 52 | 78 | 1.5 | 46 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 38 | 81 | 2.1 | 34 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 126 | 2.1 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2023 | 54 | 100 | 1.9 | 53 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 94 | 1.6 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 59 | 108 | 1.8 | 57 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 59 | 101 | 1.7 | 56 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 117 | 2.0 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 * | 59 | 113 | 1.9 | 63 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2017 * | 59 | 111 | 1.9 | 64 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 97 | 1.6 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 * | 42 | 77 | 1.8 | 41 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 85 | 2.8 | 45 | 1.50 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 71% · Maths 69% → all three 61% 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 | 61% | 12% | 106 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 8% | 103 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 68% | 7% | 105 | 105 |
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
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.5applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20241.5applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Southend-on-SeaGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Southend-on-SeaGood202454%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Southend-on-SeaStandards maintained20241.8applications per place
- 1.2 km · Southend-on-SeaGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20231.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Southend-on-SeaGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Outstanding20234.6applications per place 91%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 145678 · 882/3326
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 472 pupils · 440 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 May 2018
- Replaced
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery (URN 115146)
- Address
- Windermere Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2RF
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources