Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery is a primary school in Southend-on-Sea for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 January 2025. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Thorpedene Primary School & 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 in 2026, as at 12 of the 28 other Southend-on-Sea primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% 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
- Delaware Road, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 9NP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 421 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Thorpedene Primary School are very well cared for.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are caring and kind.”
- “If a pupil is worried or upset, they have someone to talk to who will help them feel better.”
To improve
- “However, it does not have consistently high enough expectations for what pupils can achieve.”
- “For instance, the work given to pupils does not always allow them to deepen their knowledge or understanding.”
- “This limits how highly pupils achieve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 February 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) | 37% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 18 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.
- Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bournes Green Infant School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Bournes Green Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- St George's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hinguar Community Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Friars Primary School and Nursery 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Greenways Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hamstel Infant School and Nursery 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published