Heycroft Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · LEIGH-on-SEA, Southend-on-Sea
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.157 miles
Published by Southend-on-Sea City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Heycroft Primary School is a primary school in LEIGH-on-SEA, Southend-on-Sea for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Heycroft 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 | 1.157 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.157 miles away, the 6th longest of the 16 Southend-on-Sea primary schools with a published last distance, this one included.
- Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 12 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the lowest of 8 Southend-on-Sea primary schools that have results: this one and 7 of the 8 nearest.
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
- Benvenue Avenue, Eastwood, Benvenue Avenue, LEIGH-on-SEA, SS9 5SJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 349 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 43% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 11 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.
- Eastwood Primary School & Nursery 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Edwards Hall Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Blenheim Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fairways Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Darlinghurst Academy 1.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Earls Hall Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published