Cecil Jones Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Southend-on-Sea
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Southend-on-Sea City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cecil Jones Academy is a secondary school in Southend-on-Sea for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Cecil Jones Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths: 21% in 2024/25 (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea.
- Year 7 2026: 155 first-choice applications for 188 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 33 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 45.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.1% across the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4BU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 1,159 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils and sixth-form students at Cecil Jones Academy are enthusiastic and engaged learners.”
- “They want to do well in their studies.”
- “Most rise to staff’s high expectations for achievement and conduct.”
To improve
- “While the quality of education is showing significant improvement, pupils are not yet securing the highest outcomes in their qualifications.”
- “For some pupils, poor attendance in previous years and moving schools often play a part in this.”
- “Some teachers with less experience do not cater so well for the wide-ranging needs of pupils in their classes.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 21% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 155 first-preference applications, 188 offers in total, 155 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Southend-on-Sea.
- Southend High School for Girls 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Southchurch High School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southend High School for Boys 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Bernard's High School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chase High School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shoeburyness High School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More High School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westcliff High School for Boys Academy 2.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published