West Leigh Infant School

State-Funded School

west-leigh-infant-school-southend-on-sea-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

Southend on SeaLocal Authority

Southend West and LeighConstituency

SS9 2JBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

West Leigh Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–7, located in Southend on Sea, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 360 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

88%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

360

Total Pupils

48%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

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: 4 – 7
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 360
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 4 July 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
19 Nov 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.