Schools in Leigh-on-Sea
Leigh-on-Sea has 17 schools in the catchment.school database, including 12 primaries and 2 secondaries – The Eastwood Academy and Belfairs Academy. It is one of the most competitive admissions areas in Essex: the average fill rate across schools with published capacity data is 99%, and five schools are currently at or above their published admission number. Families whose address is close to a catchment boundary face real uncertainty about securing their preferred school.
Eleven of the 17 schools are academies, each setting its own oversubscription criteria. One school has a Roman Catholic designation with faith-priority admissions. Southend-on-Sea City Council coordinates the admissions round but does not set criteria for academy schools. Six of the eight Ofsted-rated schools are rated Good or Outstanding – demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at those schools. Checking the most recent 'last distance offered' data for each school is essential before the October application deadline.
School demand in Leigh-on-Sea
Across the 15 schools in Leigh-on-Sea with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 99%. 5 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
1 school in Leigh-on-Sea has a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in its admissions policy.
11 of the schools in Leigh-on-Sea are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Southend-on-Sea, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Leigh-on-Sea have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Leigh-on-Sea: 2 oversubscribed (12)
Chalkwell Hall Infant School
Primary · Community school
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 3NL
Leigh North Street Primary School
Primary · Community school
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 1QE
West Leigh Infant School
Primary · Community school
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 2JB
Fairways Primary School
Primary · Community school
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 4QW
Darlinghurst Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 3JS
West Leigh Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 2JB
Blenheim Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 4HX
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 3HS
Edwards Hall Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 5AQ
Heycroft Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
LEIGH-on-SEA · SS9 5SJ
Chalkwell Hall Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 3NL
Eastwood Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 5UT
Secondary Schools in Leigh-on-Sea (2)
Other Schools in Leigh-on-Sea (3)
Saint Pierre School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 1LE
Estuary High School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 3NH
The St Christopher School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 4AW
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Leigh-on-Sea are set by Southend-on-Sea and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.