Friars Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Southend-on-Sea
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.84 miles
Published by Southend-on-Sea City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Friars Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Southend-on-Sea for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Friars 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 | 0.84 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 38.2% of pupils, with 17.9 pupils per teacher; the middle figures across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southend-on-Sea are 20% and 27.2.
- For Reception 2026 the last place offered went to a child living 0.84 miles away, the 7th longest of 16 Southend-on-Sea primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- There were 57 first-choice applications for 60 Reception 2026 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Constable Way, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 9XX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 429 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils speak highly of their experiences at school.”
- “This is because staff go to great lengths to give pupils cherished childhood memories.”
- “Staff have a knack for seeing the world through a child’s eyes.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s work to help younger pupils secure early handwriting skills is not as effective.”
- “This is because pupils in key stage 1 do not have sufficient practice to ensure they form their letters correctly and write accurately.”
- “While the school is successful in its message about the importance of attending school, some pupils are not attending as often as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 2025 (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: 57 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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 George's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hinguar Community Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bournes Green Infant School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Bournes Green Junior School 1.2 mi Good
- Greenways Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hamstel Infant School and Nursery 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published