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Edwards Hall Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 411 pupils Leigh-On-Sea
Ofsted: Good
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Edwards Hall Primary School is an academy converter in Leigh-On-Sea for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 411 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Edwards Hall Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2018 of its predecessor, Edwards Hall Primary School. In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: May 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Macmurdo Road
Leigh-on-Sea
Essex
SS9 5AQ
Phone 01702524470
Reference Number 148825

General Makeup

Number of pupils 411
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.28%
Girls: 46.72%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 30 30 60
2 40 20 60
3 33 28 61
4 32 26 58
5 33 29 62
6 28 32 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 85.6%
White, Other 2.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.2%
Mixed, Other 1.7%
White & Asian 1.2%
African 1.2%
Chinese 0.7%
Indian 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Pakistani 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.2%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Edwards Hall Primary School, inspected in May 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 25 Mar 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
25 Mar 2025 School inspection
09 Dec 2021 Academy conversion letter
22 May 2018 Short inspection
Previously as Edwards Hall Primary School
10 Jun 2014 Full inspection:
06 Feb 2013 Full inspection:
15 Mar 2011 Full inspection:
11 May 2010 Monitoring visit
08 Dec 2009 Full inspection:
04 Mar 2009 Curriculum and development visit
23 May 2007 Full inspection:

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 88%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 16%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 109
Maths 107

Progress Scores

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.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.8
Writing 1.1
Maths 0.6

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 20 2
Third Preference 15 0
From another Local Authority 10 6

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Edwards Hall Primary School had 416 pupils for 420 places. 4 places (1.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “North West Primary” planning area

Southend-on-Sea counted 201 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 175 in 2029–30, down 13%.

2022202320242025
Places 420420420420
Pupils 388400408416
Unfilled 7.6%4.8%2.9%1.0%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Edwards Hall Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.0%3.2%3.6%2.7%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%1.8%1.5%1.3%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.6%0.3%0.6%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Edwards Hall Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.30.50.0
Permanent exclusions 0000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Edwards Hall Primary School had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.614.213.814.8
Teachers who left state teaching 27.8%0.0%15.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 68.0%85.0%78.3%–
Sick days per teacher 6.95.83.2–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.4% of pupils at Edwards Hall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 28 5
Social, emotional and mental health 16 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 6
Moderate learning difficulty 6 0
Specific learning difficulty 5 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Edwards Hall Primary School received £6,360 and spent £6,699 for each of its 416 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £68,000 (£163 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust, income was £11,402 and spending £11,631 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202320242025
Revenue reserve £191,000£121,000£68,000
per pupil £484£295£163
In-year balance -£43,000-£71,000-£141,000
per pupil -£109-£172-£339

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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West Leigh Junior School
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1.97 miles
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2.04 miles
Chalkwell Hall Infant School
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Chalkwell Hall Junior School
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2.05 miles
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Name Distance
The Eastwood Academy
Rayleigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 5UU
0.91 miles
Kingsdown School
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0.94 miles
The St Christopher School
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1.09 miles
Belfairs Academy
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1.52 miles
St Thomas More High School
Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BW
1.53 miles
Westcliff High School for Girls
Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BS
1.58 miles
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
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1.61 miles
Estuary High School
820 London Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 3NH
1.9 miles
The FitzWimarc School
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2.01 miles
The Deanes
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2.11 miles
Chase High School
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2.21 miles
Lancaster School
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2.21 miles
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2.37 miles
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2.52 miles
Lift Greensward
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2.53 miles
The King John School
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2.53 miles
The Sweyne Park School
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2.69 miles
The King Edmund School
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2.83 miles
USP College
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2.87 miles
Omnia Foundation
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3.19 miles

All schools in Leigh-On-Sea · Southend-on-Sea local authority: places and applications

Edwards Hall Primary School is part of Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

What is Edwards Hall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Edwards Hall Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2018 of its predecessor, Edwards Hall Primary School.

When was Edwards Hall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Edwards Hall Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Edwards Hall Primary School have?

Edwards Hall Primary School has 411 pupils on roll.

What age range does Edwards Hall Primary School cover?

Edwards Hall Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Edwards Hall Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Edwards Hall Primary School?

Edwards Hall Primary School is at Macmurdo Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 5AQ.

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