Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Southend-on-Sea City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 April 2024. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Southend-on-Sea.
- For Reception 2026 there were 44 first-choice applications for 75 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the lowest of 29 Southend-on-Sea primary schools.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, and 31 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- Free school meals eligibility stands at 39.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 31.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southend-on-Sea.
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
- Salisbury Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 7AU
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 690 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They enjoy having fun at lunchtimes with their friends from other classes.”
- “Pupils know how to be good friends to each other.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistent.”
- “Occasionally, teachers do not check carefully enough whether the curriculum has been fully understood.”
- “Sometimes, the support does not precisely target the gaps that individual pupils may have.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 38% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 75 offers in total, 44 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.
- St Helen's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Barons Court Primary School and Nursery 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Westborough School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bournemouth Park Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Earls Hall Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published