Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Southend-on-SeaSelective
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 | |||
| Sixth form 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 entry373 applications · 188 places offered · 155 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.7
- 2025 1.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.0
- 2024 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.8
- 2023 1.8; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.9
- 2022 1.3; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.7
- 2021 0.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.4
- 2020 0.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.2
- 2019 1.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Southend-on-Sea median
Dashed bars: as Cecil Jones Academy (URN 142077), Cecil Jones College (URN 115368), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 188 | 373 | 2.0 | 155 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 214 | 362 | 1.7 | 161 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 | 139 | 270 | 1.9 | 101 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2023 | 157 | 279 | 1.8 | 110 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2022 | 175 | 235 | 1.3 | 104 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2021 | 237 | 201 | 0.9 | 69 | 0.29 |
| Sep 2020 | 163 | 142 | 0.9 | 32 | 0.20 |
| Sep 2019 * | 139 | 134 | 1.0 | 53 | 0.38 |
| Sep 2018 * | 163 | 241 | 1.5 | 75 | 0.46 |
| Sep 2017 * | 194 | 282 | 1.5 | 112 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2016 * | 193 | 366 | 1.9 | 117 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2015 * | 196 | 328 | 1.7 | 116 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2014 * | 189 | 324 | 1.7 | 109 | 0.58 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 213 | 35.4 | 18% | 41% | – |
| 2024/25 | 141 | 35.1 | 21% | 35% | – |
| 2023/24 | 135 | 31.2 | 16% | 30% | −0.75 |
| 2022/23 | 102 | 36.5 | 25% | 39% | −0.61 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Cecil Jones AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.0applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Southend-on-SeaOutstanding20244.4applications per place 74.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.7 km · Southend-on-Sea20262.0applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Southend-on-SeaOutstanding20246.2applications per place 75.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.0 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20232.7applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Southend-on-SeaSpecial measures 20262.0applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Southend-on-SeaGood20242.1applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20243.2applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Southend-on-SeaOutstanding20235.7applications per place 77.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147185 · 882/4004
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,585 pupils · 1,159 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2019
- Replaced
- Cecil Jones Academy (URN 142077); Cecil Jones College (URN 115368)
- Address
- Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4BU
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources