Edwards Hall Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.165 miles
Published by Southend-on-Sea City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Edwards Hall Primary School is a primary school in Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 March 2025. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Edwards Hall Primary 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 | 5.165 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 88% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 5.165 miles away, the longest of 16 Southend-on-Sea primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026: 56 first-choice applications for 58 offers, with 2 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, 10 of the 91 applications (11%) came from families living outside Southend-on-Sea, and 6 offers went to them.
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
- Macmurdo Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 5AQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 411 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love being part of Edwards Hall Primary School.”
- “They proudly follow the school values of honesty, responsibility and community.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school to learn and be with their friends.”
To improve
- “However, teachers do not always give pupils enough guidance on how to apply their writing skills in a range of subjects.”
- “Consequently, there are inconsistencies in some pupils’ punctuation and handwriting.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 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) | 88% | 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: 56 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 56 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.
- Heycroft Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fairways Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eastwood Primary School & Nursery 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blenheim Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Darlinghurst Academy 1.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- West Leigh Infant School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Leigh Junior School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published