Southchurch High School

State-Funded School

southchurch-high-school-southend-on-sea-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

Southend on SeaLocal Authority

Southend East and RochfordConstituency

SS2 4XAPostcode

0.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Southchurch High School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Southend on Sea, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 722 pupils. Southchurch High School is part of Partnership Learning.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Mar 2026 · published 21 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 38.7
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 23.6%
EBacc average point score: 3.17

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

722

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 722
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Partnership Learning

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
19 Dec 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
19 Jun 2022	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate
7 Mar 2016	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.