Friars Primary School and Nursery

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

Southend on SeaLocal Authority

Southend East and RochfordConstituency

SS3 9XXPostcode

2.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Friars Primary School and Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Southend on Sea, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 429 pupils. Friars Primary School and Nursery is part of Portico Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 51%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

429

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 429
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Portico Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 11 December 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Jan 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.