Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School
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 🔒
Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Southend-on-Sea for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2022. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 12 of the 28 other Southend-on-Sea primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 33 first-choice applications for 50 offers, and 17 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 31.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southend-on-Sea.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Richmond Avenue, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 9LG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 393 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 31.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 February 2022
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming and inclusive school where pupils feel safe and valued.”
- “Pupils are confident that staff are there to help and support them.”
- “Staff know their pupils very well.”
To improve
- “However, achievement in the Year 4 multiplication check remains consistently below national averages.”
- “Some pupils across year groups struggle with their handwriting.”
- “This means that written work does not always represent the depth of knowledge that pupils possess.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2026 (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) | 60% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 33 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.
- Hinguar Community Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bournes Green Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bournes Green Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Friars Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Greenways Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hamstel Infant School and Nursery 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published