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Schools in Southend-on-Sea

59 schools in the Southend-on-Sea local authority.

Schools

59

Open schools

Pupils

32,438

2025–26 census

Good or better

91%

43 of 47 graded

Academic Performance

5.1

out of 10 · 52 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
8 17%
Good
35 74%
Requires improvement
3 6%
Inadequate
1 2%
6 inspected since 2024, no overall grade5 superseded by a report card6 not judged1 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
5.1
Academic Performance

Averaged over 52 of 59 schools that can be scored

Pupils

32,438

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Ethnicity

White
68%
Asian
13%
Black
9%
Mixed
8%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
1%
Unclassified
1%

Ethnicity from 52 of 59 schools (31,214 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
23.1%

7,221 of 31,214 pupils · 52 of 59 schools

First language not English
15.0%

4,672 of 31,214 pupils · 52 of 59 schools

Young carers
<1%

278 of 31,214 pupils · 52 of 59 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
36
Secondary
12
All-through
1
Special
5
PRU
2
Not recorded
3

Top primary schools in Southend-on-Sea

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 59 schools in Southend-on-Sea — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Southend-on-Sea

How many schools are there in Southend-on-Sea?
Southend-on-Sea has 59 open schools — 36 primary, 12 secondary, 5 special, teaching 32,438 pupils in total.
How many schools in Southend-on-Sea are rated Good or Outstanding?
43 of the 47 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 91% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 8 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 59: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Southend-on-Sea?
5.1 out of 10, averaged across the 52 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Southend-on-Sea schools have no Ofsted rating?
12 schools in Southend-on-Sea currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Southend-on-Sea local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Southend-on-Sea covers 59 schools and sits in the East of England region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Southend-on-Sea are eligible for free school meals?
23.1% — 7,221 of 31,214 pupils at the 52 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the East of England region.