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Southchurch High School

URN
143144
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Southchurch High School
URN
143144
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

58 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

42

Inspection

78

Admissions Value

48

Destinations

41

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#11 of 12 schools in Southend-on-Sea

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Southchurch High School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Southchurch High School

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Ofsted inspections

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
21 May 2026
Inspection date
24 March 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Inclusion

    Expected standard

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

156

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

317

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

150

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.03×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Southend-on-Sea
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Southend-on-Sea)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.southchurchschool.com

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Southend-on-Sea to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

38.7

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

23.6%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

48.6%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

32.4%

EBacc achievement

Location

SS2 4XA - Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-On-Sea

Contact details

Address
Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-On-Sea
Postcode
SS2 4XA
Phone
1702900777
Website
www.southchurchschool.com
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Southend-on-Sea
Local authority code
882

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 138 schools in Southend-on-Sea.

Authority statistics

Total schools

138

Open schools

60

Closed schools

78

Primary schools

82

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Expected standard

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Achievement

    Needs attention

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Expected standard

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Expected standard

    Graded 24 March 2026

  • Leadership and governance

    Expected standard

    Graded 24 March 2026

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    21 May 202624 March 2026S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 21 May 2026
    19 December 202315 November 2023Schools into Special Measures Visit 3Requires improvementView report for inspection published 19 December 2023
    • Report card

      Published
      21 May 2026
      Inspected
      24 March 2026
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • Requires improvement

      Published
      19 December 2023
      Inspected
      15 November 2023
      Type
      Schools into Special Measures Visit 3
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    47.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 136

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    8.8%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    82.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    2.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    9.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    27

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary82 (59.4%)
    • Secondary27 (19.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other29 (21.0%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    The Thorpe Bay School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Futures Community College102 mSecondaryClosed
    Southend High School for Girls382 mSecondaryClosed
    Southend High School for Girls382 mSecondaryOpen
    Thorpe Hall School829 mNot applicableOpen
    St Nicholas School857 mNot applicableClosed
    St Nicholas School857 mNot applicableOpen
    Thorpe Greenways Junior School929 mPrimaryClosed
    Thorpe Greenways Infant School929 mPrimaryClosed
    Greenways Primary School929 mPrimaryOpen
    • The Thorpe Bay School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Futures Community College
      Distance
      102 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Southend High School for Girls
      Distance
      382 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Southend High School for Girls
      Distance
      382 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Southend-on-Sea)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Belfairs AcademySecondarySS9 3TGOpen
    Belfairs High SchoolSecondarySS9 3TGClosed
    Cecil Jones AcademySecondarySS2 4BUClosed
    Cecil Jones AcademySecondarySS2 4BUOpen
    Cecil Jones CollegeSecondarySS2 4BUClosed
    • Belfairs Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SS9 3TG
      Status
      Open
    • Belfairs High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SS9 3TG
      Status
      Closed
    • Cecil Jones Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SS2 4BU
      Status
      Closed
    • Cecil Jones Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SS2 4BU
      Status
      Open
    • Cecil Jones College
    Thorpe Hall School
    Distance
    829 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • St Nicholas School
    Distance
    857 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • St Nicholas School
    Distance
    857 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Thorpe Greenways Junior School
    Distance
    929 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Thorpe Greenways Infant School
    Distance
    929 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Greenways Primary School
    Distance
    929 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    SS2 4BU
    Status
    Closed