West Leigh Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.279 miles
Published by Southend-on-Sea City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
West Leigh Infant School is a primary school in Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 July 2024. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
West Leigh Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.279 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.279 miles from the school, the 5th longest of 16 Southend-on-Sea primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026, the last distance offered was nearer the school than in 2025.
- In Reception 2026 there were 129 first-choice applications for 120 offers; 118 offers went to first-choice families, so 11 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- 3.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southend-on-Sea is 12%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southend-on-Sea schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ronald Hill Grove, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2JB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 360 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud of their school.”
- “They know and understand the school values because adults remind them to be honest, kind, safe, resilient and good team members.”
- “Pupils respond by trying hard and behaving well.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects these checks are still being developed.”
- “Therefore, pupils do not always make the progress in these subjects that leaders intend.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 129 first-preference applications, 120 offers in total, 118 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Southend-on-Sea.
- West Leigh Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Leigh North Street Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Darlinghurst Academy 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Blenheim Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fairways Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Chalkwell Hall Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chalkwell Hall Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade