Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery is a primary school in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2022. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Prince Avenue Academy 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place for 2026, as also happened at 12 of the 28 other Southend-on-Sea primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 46 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 19% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Southend-on-Sea that have results.
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
- Hornby Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0LG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 509 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery display the school motto of ‘success with a smile’ throughout the school day.”
- “They know the importance of living the 12 school pledges, which they helped to design.”
- “Pupils are kind, polite and courteous towards each other and to adults.”
To improve
- “However, a few teachers are not as precise as they could be in identifying what pupils know.”
- “As a result, there are occasions where the activities pupils complete are not as well matched to what they already know and can do.”
- “While there have been some improvements in pupils’ attendance overall, there remains a minority of pupils who are absent from school too frequently, so they do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 2022 (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) | 66% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 46 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.
- Earls Hall Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Westborough School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eastwood Primary School & Nursery 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Helen's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Chalkwell Hall Infant School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published