List of education establishments in Southend-on-Sea explained

This is a list of education establishments in Southend-on-Sea in the ceremonial English county of Essex. Southend-on-Sea is a Unitary authority.

State-funded primary schools

width=180	Name	width=130	Location	Academy group or type of school	class=unsortable	Comments	class=unsortable	References
Barons Court Primary School	Westcliff-on-Sea	Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust	Converted to academy status in February 2024.	^[1] ^[2]
Blenheim Primary School	Leigh-on-Sea	Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust	Converted to academy status in 2016	^[3]
Bournemouth Park Academy	Southchurch	Eastwood Park Academy Trust	Opened in 1907 as Bournemouth Park Infant and Junior Schools. Converted to academy status in 2017.	^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
Bournes Green Infant School	Southchurch	South East Community Academy Trust	Converted to academy status in 2016.	^[7]
Bournes Green Junior School	Southchurch	South East Community Academy Trust	Converted to academy status in 2017.	^[8]
Chalkwell Hall Infant School	Chalkwell	Community School	Opened in 1909.	^[9]
Chalkwell Hall Junior School	Chalkwell	Community school	Opened in 1909.	^[10]
Darlinghurst Academy	Leigh-on-Sea	Legra Academy Trust	Converted to academy status in 2014.	^[11]
Earls Hall Primary School	Westcliff-on-Sea		Built between April 1937 and June 1938, opening in August 1938 as separate Infant and Junior schools, with 135 and 155 pupils respectively. The two schools merged into one school in 2015.	^[12] ^[13] ^[14]
Eastwood Primary School	Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea	Foundation school		^[15]
Edwards Hall Primary School	Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea	Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust	Converted to academy status in 2021.	^[16]
Fairways Primary School	Leigh-on-Sea	Community school	The school was built as separate infant and junior schools in 1952 and 1953. The schools combined as a singular school in 1985.	^[17] ^[18]
Friars Primary School	Shoeburyness	Portico Academy Trust	Opened as separate infant and junior schools which were merged in 2004. Converted to Academy status in 2016.	^[19] ^[20]
Greenways Primary School	Southchurch	Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust	Originally opened as Thorpe Greenways separate infant and junior schools, the schools were merged and the name changed in 2016 when converted to academy status.	^[21] ^[22]
Hamstel Infant School and Nursery	Southchurch	Portico Academy Trust	Converted to academy status in 2016	^[23]
Hamstel Junior School	Southchurch	Portico Academy Trust	Converted to academy status in 2016	^[24]
Heycroft Primary School	Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea	South East Essex Academy Trust	Converted to academy status in 2024.	^[25]
Hinguar Community Primary School	Shoeburyness	South East Community Academy Trust	Converted to academy trust in 2016.	^[26]
Leigh North Street Primary School	Leigh-on-Sea	Community school	Opened in 1890.	^[27] ^[28]
Milton Hall Primary School	Westcliff-on-Sea	Foundation school		^[29]
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School	Leigh-on-Sea	Assisi Catholic Trust	Converted to academy in 2018.	^[30] ^[31]
Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery	Southchurch	Portico Academy Trust	Opened as Brewery Road School in 1892. Converted to academy status in 2016.	^[32]
Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery	Prittlewell	South East Essex Academy Trust	Converted to academy status in 2014.	^[33] ^[34]
Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School	Shoeburyness	South East Community Academy Trust	Opened in 1903. Converted to academy status in 2017	^[35] ^[36]
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School	Southchurch	Assisi Catholic Trust	Opened in 1920. Converted to academy status in 2018	^[37] ^[38]
St George's Catholic Primary School	Shoeburyness	Assisi Catholic Trust	Converted to academy trust in 2018.	^[39]
St Helen's Catholic Primary School	Southend-on-Sea	Assisi Catholic Trust	Opened in 1899, the school has been located at the current site since 1973. Converted to academy status in 2018.	^[40] ^[41]
St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School	Southend-on-Sea & Prittlewell	Voluntary aided school	Opened in 1727 in Prittlewell as Prittlewell Church of England School, the school moved to East Street, next to St Mary's Church in the 19th-century. In 1999, the school moved to Boston Avenue, which had previously been home to Southend High School for Girls, Dowsett High School for Girls, Westborough High School for Girls and Prittlewell High School. The school has since re-opened at East Street, operating across two sites.	^[42] ^[43]
Temple Sutton Primary School	Southchurch	Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust	Opened in 1949 on the new Temple Sutton housing estate, the school split into infant and junior schools in 1953, before merging again in 1988. Converted to academy status in 2018	^[44] ^[45]
Thorpedene Primary School	Shoeburyness	South East Community Academy Trust	Converted to an academy trust in 2016.	^[46]
West Leigh Infant School	Community School	Leigh-on-Sea	Opened in 1913.	^[47] ^[48]
West Leigh Junior School	Leigh-on-Sea	Portico Academy Trust	Opened in 1913.	^[49]
The Westborough School	Westcliff-on-Sea	South East Essex Academy Trust	Opened in 1913 as a mixed school with Infants, Senior Boys and Senior Girls departments. In 1953, the senior boys were transferred to Fairfax Mixed Senior School, while the girls transferred from Fairfax to Westborough, with the senior school renamed Westborough High School for Girls. In 1966, the senior school moved to the former Southend High School for Girls and Dowsett High School site in Boston Avenue, leaving the primary school at MacDonald Avenue. Converted to an academy in 2017.	^[50] ^[51] ^[52] ^[53]

State-funded secondary schools

Non-selective secondary schools

width=180	Name	width=130	Location	Academy group	class=unsortable	Comments	class=unsortable	References
Belfairs Academy	Leigh-on-Sea	Legra Academy Trust	Opened in 1955 as Belfairs High School, the school was rebuilt under the government's Building Schools for the Future in 2011. Converted to academy status in 2012.	^[54] ^[55]
Cecil Jones Academy	Southchurch	Loxford School Trust	Opened in 1969 as Cecil Jones High School as Southend's first comprehensive school. Converted to an academy in 2015.	^[56] ^[57] ^[58] ^[59]
Chase High School	Westcliff-on-Sea	Discovery Educational Trust	A new start school formed from Prittlewell Technology College in 2006. Converted to academy status in 2015.	^[60] ^[61]
The Eastwood Academy	Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea	Eastwood Park Academy Trust	Originally opened as Eastwood Senior School in 1939. Converted to academy status in 2011.	^[62] ^[63] ^[64]
St Bernard's High School	Westcliff-on-Sea	St Bernard's High School Academy	A school opened on the site in 1875, but in 1910 the Bernardine Sisters founded St. Bernard's. Converted to academy status in 2011.	^[65] ^[66] ^[67] ^[68]
St Thomas More High School	Westcliff-on-Sea	Assisi Catholic Trust	Opened in 1960. Converted to academy status in 2011.	^[69] ^[70] ^[71]
Shoeburyness High School	Shoeburyness	South East Community Academy Trust	Converted to academy status in 2011.	^[72] ^[73]
Southchurch High School	Southchurch	Partnership Academy Trust	Opened in 2016, replacing Futures Community College.	^[74] ^[75] ^[76] ^[77]

Grammar schools

width=180	Name	width=130	Location	Academy group	class=unsortable	Comments	class=unsortable	References
Southend High School for Boys	Prittlewell	Southend High School for Boys Academy Trust	Opened as the Day Technical School in Clarence Road in 1895. Moved to Victoria Circus in 1902, with the girls leaving for a new site in Boston Avenue in 1913, with the school being renamed to the current name. The school, which shared the Victoria Circus with the School of Art and the Evening Technical Institute, outgrew the building and moved to the current site in 1938. Converted to academy status in 2011.	^[78]
Southend High School for Girls	Southchurch	Southend High School for Girls Academy Trust	Opened as the Day Technical School in Clarence Road in 1895. Moved to Victoria Circus in 1902, with the girls leaving for a new site in Boston Avenue in 1913, with the school being renamed to the current name. The school moved to the current site in the late 1950s, with the Boston Avenue site becoming home to Dowsett High School for Girls in 1957. Converted to academy status in 2011.	^[79] ^[80] ^[81]
Westcliff High School for Boys	Westcliff-on-Sea	Westcliff High School for Boys Ltd	Opened in 1920 after the Education committee of Southend Corporation purchased a large house called Belsfield on Victoria Avenue. The new school was originally named the Commercial Secondary School, but in 1922 it was renamed Westcliff High School. The boys moved to the current site in 1926. Converted to academy status in 2010.	^[82] ^[83]
Westcliff High School for Girls	Westcliff-on-Sea	South Essex Academy Trust	Opened in 1920 after the Education committee of Southend Corporation purchased a large house called Belsfield on Victoria Avenue. The new school was originally named the Commercial Secondary School, but in 1922 it was renamed Westcliff High School. The girls moved to the current site in 1926, but the girls stayed until the new building was ready in 1931. Converted to academy status in 2011.	^[84]

Special and alternative schools

width=180	Name	width=130	Location	Academy group	class=unsortable	Comments	class=unsortable	References
Kingsdown School	Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea	SEN Trust Southend	Converted to academy status in 2017.	^[85]
Lancaster School	Westcliff-on-Sea	SEN Trust Southend	Converted to academy status in 2017.	^[86]
The St Christopher School	Leigh-on-Sea	SEN Trust Southend	Converted to academy status in 2012.	^[87]
St Nicholas School	Southchurch	SEN Trust Southend	Converted to academy status in 2017.	^[88]
Southend YMCA Community School	Prittlewell	Free school	Opened in 2013	^[89] ^[90]
Sutton House Academy	Southend	Parallel Learning Trust	Opened in 2017 as an academy, replacing it's predecessor Seabrook College.	^[91]
Victory Park Academy	Southend	Parallel Learning Trust	Opened in 2018 as an academy, replacing it's predecessor Seabrook College.	^[92]

Further education and apprenticeship training providers

width=180	Name	Provider type	class=unsortable	References
Central Training Academy	Independent Training Provider	^[93]
Crown Vocational Training	Independent Training Provider	^[94]
RM Training Ltd	Independent Training Provider	^[95]
Southend Adult Community College	Adult Education Provider	^[96]
South Essex College / PROCAT	Incorporated Further Education Provider	^[97]
Vocational Training Services	Independent Training Provider	^[98]

Higher education

• University of Essex

Independent schools

Primary and preparatory schools

• Alleyn Court Prep School
• Beis Chinuch Lebonos Westcliff
• St Michael's CofE Preparatory School
• Saint Pierre School

Senior and all-through schools

• Thorpe Hall School

Special and alternative schools

• Compass Community School Boleyn Park
• Estuary High School

References

1. Web site: Barons Court Primary School and Nursery. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 24 July 2024.
2. News: Flourishing Westcliff primary school joins successful trust. Evening Echo. 12 February 2024.
3. Web site: Blenheim Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 24 July 2024.
4. Book: Southend-on-Sea and district: historical notes. Burrows, John William. 1909. 138–145.
5. News: Then and now: see what Bournemouth Park Junior School looked like in 1908. Evening Echo. 9 October 2022.
6. Web site: Bournemouth Park Academy. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 24 July 2024.
7. Web site: Bournes Green Infant School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 24 July 2024.
8. Web site: Bournes Green Junior School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 24 July 2024.
9. Web site: Chalkwell Hall Infant School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 24 July 2024.
10. Web site: Chalkwell Hall Junior School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 24 July 2024.
11. Web site: Darlinghurst Academy. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 24 July 2024.
12. Web site: Earls Hall Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
13. Web site: Earls Hall Primary School - Education, training and employment services. Live well Southend. 25 July 2024.
14. Web site: Earls Hall Infant School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
15. Web site: Eastwood Primary School & Nursery. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
16. Web site: Edwards Hall Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
17. Web site: Fairways Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
18. Web site: About the School. Fairways Primary School. 25 July 2024.
19. Web site: Friars Primary School and Nursery. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
20. Web site: Friars Infant School and Nursery. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
21. Web site: Greenways Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
22. Web site: Thorpe Greenways Junior School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
23. Web site: Hamstel Infant School and Nursery. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
24. Web site: Hamstel Infant School and Nursery. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
25. Web site: Heycroft Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
26. Web site: Hinguar Community Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
27. Web site: Leigh North Street Primary School - Education, training and employment services. Livewell Southend. 24 May 2024.
28. Web site: Leigh North Street Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
29. Web site: Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
30. Web site: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School. get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/. 25 July 2024.
31. Web site: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School. get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/. 25 July 2024.
32. Web site: Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
33. Web site: Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
34. Web site: Prince Avenue Primary Foundation School and Nursery. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
35. Web site: Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
36. Web site: Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School. Essex School Jobs. 25 July 2024.
37. Web site: Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
38. Web site: Diocese of Brentwood Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School & Nursery. Diocese of Brentwood. October 2020.
39. Web site: St George's Catholic Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
40. Web site: St Helen's Catholic Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
41. Web site: Our History - St. Helen's Catholic Primary School. St. Helen's Catholic Primary School. 25 July 2024.
42. Web site: St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
43. Web site: St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School 2002 Ofsted report. OFSTED. July 2002.
44. Web site: Temple Sutton Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
45. Web site: Reference: TS 602. Essex Records Office. 25 July 2024.
46. Web site: Thorpedene Primary School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
47. Web site: Welcome. West Leigh Infant School. 25 July 2024.
48. Web site: West Leigh Infant School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
49. Web site: West Leigh Junior School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
50. Web site: Reference: E/E 34. Essex Records Office. 30 June 2024.
51. Web site: Reference: E/E 33. Essex Records Office. 30 June 2024.
52. Web site: The Westborough Academy. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 24 July 2024.
53. Web site: The Westborough School. Southend-On-Sea City Council. 24 July 2024.
54. News: Education | League Tables | Performance results for Belfairs High School . BBC News . 2009-01-15 . 2009-06-19.
55. Web site: History. Legra Academy Trust. 25 July 2024.
56. News: Education | League Tables | Performance results for Cecil Jones College . BBC News . 2009-01-15 . 2009-06-19.
57. Web site: Our School. Cecil Jones Academy. 25 July 2024.
58. Web site: Cecil Jones Academy 142077. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
59. Web site: Cecil Jones Academy 147185. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
60. News: Education | League Tables | Performance results for Chase High School . BBC News . 2009-01-15 . 2009-06-19.
61. Web site: Chase High School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 25 July 2024.
62. News: Education | League Tables | Performance results for The Eastwood School (11-18) . BBC News . 2009-01-15 . 2009-06-19.
63. Web site: Reference: TS 614. Essex Records Office. 25 July 2024.
64. Web site: The Eastwood Academy. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 26 July 2024.
65. News: Education | League Tables | Performance results for St Bernard's High School and Arts College . BBC News . 2009-01-15 . 2009-06-19.
66. Web site: Headteacher's Welcome. St. Bernard's High School. 26 July 2024.
67. Web site: St Bernard's High School and Arts College. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 26 July 2024.
68. Web site: St Bernard's High School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 26 July 2024.
69. News: Education | League Tables | Performance results for St Thomas More High School for Boys . BBC News . 2009-01-15 . 2009-06-19.
70. Book: Prospectus Supplement. St. Thomas More High School. 26 July 2024.
71. Web site: St Thomas More High School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 26 July 2024.
72. News: Education | League Tables | Performance results for Shoeburyness High School . BBC News . 2009-01-15 . 2009-06-19.
73. Web site: Shoeburyness High School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 26 July 2024.
74. News: Education | League Tables | Performance results for Futures College . BBC News . 2009-01-15 . 2009-06-19.
75. Web site: Looking to the Futures: Headteacher on why school's future lies with academy trust - Evening Echo p.27 May 2016. 12 May 2017.
76. Web site: Southchurch High School - Edubase2 - Department of Education. 11 December 2016.
77. Web site: Southchurch High School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 26 July 2024.
78. News: Education | League Tables | Performance results for Southend High School for Boys . BBC News . 2009-01-15 . 2009-06-19.
79. News: Education | League Tables | Performance results for Southend High School for Girls . BBC News . 2009-01-15 . 2009-06-19.
80. Book: With future and with past : a history of Southend High School for Boys on the occasion of its centenary. Carmichael. H. 1995. 13. 9780952592303.
81. Web site: Reference: E/E 85. Essex Records Office. 31 July 2024.
82. News: Education | League Tables | Performance results for Westcliff High School for Boys . BBC News . 2009-01-15 . 2009-06-19.
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84. News: Education | League Tables | Performance results for Westcliff High School for Girls . BBC News . 2009-01-15 . 2009-06-19.
85. Web site: Kingsdown School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 31 July 2024.
86. Web site: Lancaster School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 31 July 2024.
87. Web site: The St Christopher School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 31 July 2024.
88. Web site: St Nicholas School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 31 July 2024.
89. Web site: Southend YMCA Community School. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 31 July 2024.
90. News: New Southend school ‘will cater for all pupils’. Evening Echo. 9 March 2017.
91. Web site: Sutton House Academy. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 12 August 2024.
92. News: Victory Park Academy. Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 12 August 2024.
93. Web site: Central Training Academy. OFSTED. 14 November 2023.
94. Web site: Crown Vocational Training Ltd. OFSTED. 13 June 2023.
95. Web site: RM Training Ltd. OFSTED. 29 April 2022.
96. Web site: Southend-on-Sea City Council. OFSTED. 7 November 2023.
97. Web site: South Essex College of Further and Higher Education. OFSTED. 28 February 2024.
98. Web site: Vocational Training Services Care Sector Limited. OFSTED. 7 February 2024.

External links

• Performance tables for schools in Southend-on-Sea