Hamstel Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Southend-on-Sea
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.773 miles
Published by Southend-on-Sea City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hamstel Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Southend-on-Sea for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 16 October 2024. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Hamstel Infant 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 | 0.773 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance, 0.773 miles, was further from the school than in 2025 and 8th longest of 16 Southend-on-Sea primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 125 first-choice applications for 120 offers; 113 offers went to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- Some 20% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 34.6% across the 8 nearest primary 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
- Hamstel Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4PQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 434 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 16 October 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s mantra of ‘happy staff make for happy children’ is clear to see.”
- “Children quickly form trusting and warm relationships with each other and with adults.”
- “Key stage 1 pupils are good role models for their younger counterparts.”
To improve
- “However, due to absence, some of these pupils miss out on important learning and socialisation.”
- “The school knows it must continue to support families to improve the attendance of disadvantaged pupils as well as work with those children in Reception who take longer with their personal, social and emotional development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 125 first-preference applications, 120 offers in total, 113 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.
- Hamstel Junior School 0.0 mi Good
- Temple Sutton Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bournemouth Park Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greenways Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bournes Green Junior School 1.3 mi Good
- Bournes Green Infant School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published