The St Christopher School

State-Funded School

the-st-christopher-school-southend-on-sea-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

Southend on SeaLocal Authority

Southend West and LeighConstituency

SS9 4AWPostcode

0.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The St Christopher School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Southend on Sea, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 270 pupils. The St Christopher School is part of SEN Trust Southend.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 4.2
EBacc average point score: 0.17

Ethnicity

White

76%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

270

Total Pupils

80%Boys

20%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

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: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 270
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 Jun 2024	Outstanding	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
27 Mar 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.