Southend YMCA Community School
Free schools alternative provision · Ages 14–18 · Southend-on-Sea
Southend YMCA Community School is an alternative provision school in Southend-on-Sea for ages 14–18 (free schools alternative provision). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025.
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Key facts
- Address
- The Ticket House, 110 East Street, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH
- Type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Ages
- 14–18
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 31 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 6.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “In the short time that pupils spend at this school, they successfully re-engage with education.”
- “Pupils gain the qualifications they need for their next steps in education, employment and training.”
- “Staff carefully consider pupils’ needs and their previous experiences of education.”
To improve
- “In some parts of the curriculum there is unnecessary repetition.”
- “For example, the school uses the King’s Trust accreditation which replicates some aspects of the curriculum that is in place for personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education.”
- “Similarly, there is work to do to bring the speaking and listening strands of different qualifications together to form a coherent oracy strategy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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