Schools in Westcliff-on-Sea
Westcliff-on-Sea is an inner suburb of Southend-on-Sea with 13 schools and an unusually high concentration of secondary schools — five in total, including two selective grammar schools, Westcliff High School for Boys Academy and Westcliff High School for Girls Academy. With seven of the 13 schools currently at or above capacity, Westcliff is one of the most competitive admissions environments in Essex. Competition for both selective and non-selective secondary places is intense.
Six schools hold an Ofsted Good or Outstanding rating. Southend-on-Sea City Council coordinates admissions for maintained schools, while the grammar schools have separate selective admissions processes involving the 11-plus test. Families must register for the grammar test separately from the main admissions round; the deadline typically falls in September of Year 5, well ahead of the January secondary application deadline.
School demand in Westcliff-on-Sea
Across the 13 schools in Westcliff-on-Sea with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 101%. 7 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.
3 schools in Westcliff-on-Sea have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
10 of the schools in Westcliff-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.
6 of the schools in Westcliff-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 Westcliff-on-Sea: 4 oversubscribed (6)
Earls Hall Primary School
Primary · Community school
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0QN
Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Foundation school
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 7AU
Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0LG
The Westborough School
Primary · Academy converter
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 9BS
St Helen's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 7AY
Barons Court Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 7PJ
Secondary Schools in Westcliff-on-Sea (5)
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0BP
Westcliff High School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0BS
St Thomas More High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0BW
St Bernard's High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 7JS
Chase High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0RT
Other Schools in Westcliff-on-Sea (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Westcliff-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.