Kingsdown School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

Southend on SeaLocal Authority

Southend West and LeighConstituency

SS2 6XTPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Kingsdown School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–14, located in Southend on Sea, East of England.

It currently serves 130 pupils. Kingsdown School is part of SEN Trust Southend.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

75%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

130

Total Pupils

58%Boys

42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 14
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 130
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: SEN Trust Southend

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
11 Nov 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
10 Jul 2014	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.