Southchurch High School

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Southchurch Boulevard
Southend-On-Sea
SS2 4XA
Phone 01702900777
Reference Number 143144

General Makeup

Number of pupils 794
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.52%
Girls: 47.48%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 40%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 13.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 73 82 155
8 100 67 167
9 91 71 162
10 68 81 149
11 85 76 161

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 72.7%
White, Other 10.1%
Mixed, Other 3.9%
African 3.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.3%
Asian, Other 1.3%
Unclassified 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
White & Asian 0.6%
Caribbean 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Chinese 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Requires Improvement
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
Last Inspection Date 2023-12-20
Date Description Report
2023-11-15 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2023-06-14 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2022-12-07 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2022-03-08 School inspection: School inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 13.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 32.3% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 73 14
Third Preference 48 1
From another Local Authority 5 1

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Greenways Primary School
Greenways, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 3BS
0.58 miles
Hamstel Junior School
Hamstel Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4PQ
0.63 miles
Hamstel Infant School and Nursery
Hamstel Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4PQ
0.63 miles
Bournes Green Junior School
Ladram Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 3PX
0.68 miles
Alleyn Court Preparatory School
Wakering Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0PW
0.7 miles
Bournes Green Infant School
Burlescoombe Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 3PS
0.75 miles
Thorpedene Primary School
Delaware Road, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS3 9NP
1.03 miles
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Windermere Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 2RF
1.06 miles
Temple Sutton Primary School
Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4BA
1.18 miles
Bournemouth Park Academy
Bournemouth Park Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 5JN
1.28 miles
Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery
Lancaster Gardens, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 2NS
1.3 miles
Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School
Richmond Avenue, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS3 9LG
1.41 miles
St George's Catholic Primary School
Eagle Way, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS3 9RN
1.56 miles
Hinguar Community Primary School
New Garrison Road, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS3 9FE
1.72 miles
Friars Primary School and Nursery
Constable Way, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS3 9XX
1.91 miles
St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School
Boston Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6JH
1.96 miles
St Helen's Catholic Primary School
North Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7AY
2.03 miles
Barons Court Primary School and Nursery
Avenue Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7PJ
2.05 miles
Beis Chinuch Lebonos Westcliff
121 - 127 North Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7AH
2.07 miles
Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery
Salisbury Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7AU
2.13 miles
Name Distance
Southend High School for Girls
Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4UZ
0.24 miles
Thorpe Hall School
0.52 miles
St Nicholas School
Philpott Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4RL
0.53 miles
Cecil Jones Academy
Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4BU
1.08 miles
Shoeburyness High School
Caulfield Road, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS3 9LL
1.27 miles
Sutton House Academy
Wentworth Road, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, SS2 5LG
1.51 miles
South Essex College of Further and Higher Education
Luker Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1ND
1.74 miles
Compass Community School Boleyn Park
8 Trinity Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7PU
2.24 miles
St Bernard's High School
Milton Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7JS
2.25 miles
Southend High School for Boys
Prittlewell Chase, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0RG
2.5 miles
Chase High School
Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0RT
2.72 miles
Lancaster School
Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0RT
2.72 miles
St Thomas More High School
Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BW
3.53 miles
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BP
3.57 miles
Estuary High School
820 London Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 3NH
3.58 miles
Westcliff High School for Girls
Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BS
3.62 miles
Kingsdown School
Snakes Lane, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6XT
3.9 miles
The Eastwood Academy
Rayleigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 5UU
3.95 miles
The St Christopher School
Mountdale Gardens, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 4AW
3.96 miles
The King Edmund School
Vaughan Close, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1TL
4.3 miles
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