Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

Southend on SeaLocal Authority

Southend East and RochfordConstituency

SS3 9NPPostcode

1.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Southend on Sea, East of England.

It currently serves 421 pupils. Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery is part of Southend East Community Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 42%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

77%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

421

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

51%

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: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 421
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Southend East Community Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
4 Feb 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
20 May 2013	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.