Shoeburyness High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Southend-on-Sea
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
28.492 miles
Published by Southend-on-Sea City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Shoeburyness High School is a secondary school in Southend-on-Sea for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 June 2024. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Shoeburyness High 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 28.492 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 243 first-choice applications for 310 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 67 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 28.492 miles from the school, which was nearer than in 2025.
- Of the 646 applications for Year 7 in 2026, 91 (14%) came from families living outside Southend-on-Sea, and 32 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 34% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Caulfield Road, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 9LL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 1,713 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 June 2024
Strengths
- “There are lots of adults who will listen to pupils’ views at Shoeburyness High School.”
- “Pupils value the pastoral members of staff who are on hand at times such as lunchtime.”
- “Pupils can access a range of support to resolve any worries or concerns.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of older boys are not respectful enough.”
- “This makes a minority of pupils feel uncomfortable.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, pupils do not experience a high-enough quality of teaching or have enough opportunities to explore important knowledge in depth.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 243 first-preference applications, 310 offers in total, 243 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Southend-on-Sea.
- Southchurch High School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southend High School for Girls 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cecil Jones Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bernard's High School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southend High School for Boys 3.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Chase High School 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas More High School 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westcliff High School for Boys Academy 4.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published