East of England
Secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea
53 schools, 31,621 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 54.7.
Ofsted across Southend-on-Sea
Good24
Outstanding5
Requires improvement1
Inadequate1
No overall grade22
31 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 22 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westcliff High School for Boys AcademyAcademy converter | Westcliff-on-Sea | Outstanding 2023 | 77.6 |
| Westcliff High School for GirlsAcademy converter | Westcliff-on-Sea | Outstanding 2024 | 75.6 |
| Southend High School for GirlsAcademy converter | Southend-on-Sea | Outstanding 2024 | 75 |
| Southend High School for BoysAcademy converter | Southend-on-Sea | Outstanding 2024 | 73.8 |
| St Bernard's High SchoolAcademy converter | Westcliff-on-Sea | Good 2023 | 54.9 |
| St Thomas More High SchoolAcademy converter | Westcliff-on-Sea | Good 2024 | 52.3 |
| The Eastwood AcademyAcademy converter | Leigh-on-Sea | No grade | 51.6 |
| Belfairs AcademyAcademy converter | Leigh-on-Sea | Requires improvement 2024 | 45.5 |
| Chase High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Westcliff-on-Sea | No grade | 39.2 |
| Southchurch High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southend-On-Sea | No grade | 38.7 |
| Shoeburyness High SchoolAcademy converter | Southend-on-Sea | Good 2024 | 37.6 |
| Cecil Jones AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Southend-on-Sea | Good 2023 | 35.1 |