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This is a list of education establishments in Southend-on-Sea in the ceremonial English county of Essex. Southend-on-Sea is a Unitary authority.

State-funded primary schools

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Name Location Academy group or type of school Comments References
Barons Court Primary School Westcliff-on-Sea Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust Converted to academy status in February 2024. [1][2]
Blenheim Primary School Leigh-on-Sea Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust Converted to academy status in 2016 [3]
Bournemouth Park Academy Southchurch Eastwood Park Academy Trust Opened in 1907 as Bournemouth Park Infant and Junior Schools. Converted to academy status in 2017. [4][5][6]
Bournes Green Infant School Southchurch South East Community Academy Trust Converted to academy status in 2016. [7]
Bournes Green Junior School Southchurch South East Community Academy Trust Converted to academy status in 2017. [8]
Chalkwell Hall Infant School Chalkwell Community School Opened in 1909. [4][9]
Chalkwell Hall Junior School Chalkwell Community school Opened in 1909. [4][10]
Darlinghurst Academy Leigh-on-Sea Legra Academy Trust Converted to academy status in 2014. [11]
Earls Hall Primary School Westcliff-on-Sea Community school Built between April 1937 and June 1938, opening in August 1938 as separate Infant and Junior schools, with 135 and 155 pupils respectively. The two schools merged into one school in 2015. [12][13][14]
Eastwood Primary School Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea Foundation school [15]
Edwards Hall Primary School Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust Converted to academy status in 2021. [16]
Fairways Primary School Leigh-on-Sea Community school The school was built as separate infant and junior schools in 1952 and 1953. The schools combined as a singular school in 1985. [17][18]
Friars Primary School Shoeburyness Portico Academy Trust Opened as separate infant and junior schools which were merged in 2004. Converted to Academy status in 2016. [19][20]
Greenways Primary School Southchurch Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust Originally opened as Thorpe Greenways separate infant and junior schools, the schools were merged and the name changed in 2016 when converted to academy status. [21][22]
Hamstel Infant School and Nursery Southchurch Portico Academy Trust Converted to academy status in 2016 [23]
Hamstel Junior School Southchurch Portico Academy Trust Converted to academy status in 2016 [24]
Heycroft Primary School Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea South East Essex Academy Trust Converted to academy status in 2024. [25]
Hinguar Community Primary School Shoeburyness South East Community Academy Trust Converted to academy trust in 2016. [26]
Leigh North Street Primary School Leigh-on-Sea Community school Opened in 1890. [27][28]
Milton Hall Primary School Westcliff-on-Sea Foundation school [29]
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Leigh-on-Sea Assisi Catholic Trust Converted to academy in 2018. [30][31]
Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery Southchurch Portico Academy Trust Opened as Brewery Road School in 1892. Converted to academy status in 2016. [4][32]
Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery Prittlewell South East Essex Academy Trust Converted to academy status in 2014. [33][34]
Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School Shoeburyness South East Community Academy Trust Opened in 1903. Converted to academy status in 2017 [35][36]
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Southchurch Assisi Catholic Trust Opened in 1920. Converted to academy status in 2018 [37][38]
St George's Catholic Primary School Shoeburyness Assisi Catholic Trust Converted to academy trust in 2018. [39]
St Helen's Catholic Primary School Southend-on-Sea Assisi Catholic Trust Opened in 1899, the school has been located at the current site since 1973. Converted to academy status in 2018. [40][41]
St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School Southend-on-Sea & Prittlewell Voluntary aided school Opened in 1727 in Prittlewell as Prittlewell Church of England School, the school moved to East Street, next to St Mary's Church in the 19th-century. In 1999, the school moved to Boston Avenue, which had previously been home to Southend High School for Girls, Dowsett High School for Girls, Westborough High School for Girls and Prittlewell High School. The school has since re-opened at East Street, operating across two sites. [4][42][43]
Temple Sutton Primary School Southchurch Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust Opened in 1949 on the new Temple Sutton housing estate, the school split into infant and junior schools in 1953, before merging again in 1988. Converted to academy status in 2018 [44][45]
Thorpedene Primary School Shoeburyness South East Community Academy Trust Converted to an academy trust in 2016. [46]
West Leigh Infant School Community School Leigh-on-Sea Opened in 1913. [47][48]
West Leigh Junior School Leigh-on-Sea Portico Academy Trust Opened in 1913. [49]
The Westborough School Westcliff-on-Sea South East Essex Academy Trust Opened in 1913 as a mixed school with Infants, Senior Boys and Senior Girls departments. In 1953, the senior boys were transferred to Fairfax Mixed Senior School, while the girls transferred from Fairfax to Westborough, with the senior school renamed Westborough High School for Girls. In 1966, the senior school moved to the former Southend High School for Girls and Dowsett High School site in Boston Avenue, leaving the primary school at MacDonald Avenue. Converted to an academy in 2017. [50][51][52][53]

State-funded secondary schools

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Non-selective secondary schools

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Name Location Academy group Comments References
Belfairs Academy Leigh-on-Sea Legra Academy Trust Opened in 1955 as Belfairs High School, the school was rebuilt under the government's Building Schools for the Future in 2011. Converted to academy status in 2012. [54][55]
Cecil Jones Academy Southchurch Loxford School Trust Opened in 1969 as Cecil Jones High School as Southend's first comprehensive school. Converted to an academy in 2015. [56][57][58][59]
Chase High School Westcliff-on-Sea Discovery Educational Trust A new start school formed from Prittlewell Technology College in 2006. Converted to academy status in 2015. [60][61]
The Eastwood Academy Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea Eastwood Park Academy Trust Originally opened as Eastwood Senior School in 1939. Converted to academy status in 2011. [62][63][64]
St Bernard's High School Westcliff-on-Sea St Bernard's High School Academy A school opened on the site in 1875, but in 1910 the Bernardine Sisters founded St. Bernard's. Converted to academy status in 2011. [65][66][67][68]
St Thomas More High School Westcliff-on-Sea Assisi Catholic Trust Opened in 1960. Converted to academy status in 2011. [69][70][71]
Shoeburyness High School Shoeburyness South East Community Academy Trust Converted to academy status in 2011. [72][73]
Southchurch High School Southchurch Partnership Academy Trust Opened in 2016, replacing Futures Community College. [74][75][76][77]

Grammar schools

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Name Location Academy group Comments References
Southend High School for Boys Prittlewell Southend High School for Boys Academy Trust Opened as the Day Technical School in Clarence Road in 1895. Moved to Victoria Circus in 1902, with the girls leaving for a new site in Boston Avenue in 1913, with the school being renamed to the current name. The school, which shared the Victoria Circus with the School of Art and the Evening Technical Institute, outgrew the building and moved to the current site in 1938. Converted to academy status in 2011. [78]
Southend High School for Girls Southchurch Southend High School for Girls Academy Trust Opened as the Day Technical School in Clarence Road in 1895. Moved to Victoria Circus in 1902, with the girls leaving for a new site in Boston Avenue in 1913, with the school being renamed to the current name. The school moved to the current site in the late 1950s, with the Boston Avenue site becoming home to Dowsett High School for Girls in 1957. Converted to academy status in 2011. [79][80][81]
Westcliff High School for Boys Westcliff-on-Sea Westcliff High School for Boys Ltd Opened in 1920 after the Education committee of Southend Corporation purchased a large house called Belsfield on Victoria Avenue. The new school was originally named the Commercial Secondary School, but in 1922 it was renamed Westcliff High School. The boys moved to the current site in 1926. Converted to academy status in 2010. [82][83]
Westcliff High School for Girls Westcliff-on-Sea South Essex Academy Trust Opened in 1920 after the Education committee of Southend Corporation purchased a large house called Belsfield on Victoria Avenue. The new school was originally named the Commercial Secondary School, but in 1922 it was renamed Westcliff High School. The girls moved to the current site in 1926, but the girls stayed until the new building was ready in 1931. Converted to academy status in 2011. [84][83]

Special and alternative schools

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Name Location Academy group Comments References
Kingsdown School Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea SEN Trust Southend Converted to academy status in 2017. [85]
Lancaster School Westcliff-on-Sea SEN Trust Southend Converted to academy status in 2017. [86]
The St Christopher School Leigh-on-Sea SEN Trust Southend Converted to academy status in 2012. [87]
St Nicholas School Southchurch SEN Trust Southend Converted to academy status in 2017. [88]
Southend YMCA Community School Prittlewell Free school [89]
Sutton House Academy
Victory Park Academy

Further education and apprenticeship training providers

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Name Provider type References
Central Training Academy Independent Training Provider [90]
Crown Vocational Training Independent Training Provider [91]
RM Training Ltd Independent Training Provider [92]
Southend Adult Community College Adult Education Provider [93]
South Essex College / PROCAT Incorporated Further Education Provider [94]
Vocational Training Services Independent Training Provider [95]

Higher education

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Independent schools

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Primary and preparatory schools

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Senior and all-through schools

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Special and alternative schools

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  • Compass Community School Boleyn Park
  • Estuary High School

References

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  2. ^ "Flourishing Westcliff primary school joins successful trust". Evening Echo. 12 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Blenheim Primary School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e Burrows, John William (1909). Southend-on-Sea and district: historical notes. pp. 138–145.
  5. ^ "Then and now: see what Bournemouth Park Junior School looked like in 1908". Evening Echo. 9 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Bournemouth Park Academy". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Bournes Green Infant School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Bournes Green Junior School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Chalkwell Hall Infant School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Chalkwell Hall Junior School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Darlinghurst Academy". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Earls Hall Primary School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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  14. ^ "Earls Hall Infant School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Eastwood Primary School & Nursery". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Edwards Hall Primary School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Fairways Primary School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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  19. ^ "Friars Primary School and Nursery". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Friars Infant School and Nursery". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Greenways Primary School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  22. ^ "Thorpe Greenways Junior School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Hamstel Infant School and Nursery". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  24. ^ "Hamstel Infant School and Nursery". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  25. ^ "Heycroft Primary School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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  29. ^ "Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  30. ^ "Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  31. ^ "Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  32. ^ "Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  33. ^ "Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  34. ^ "Prince Avenue Primary Foundation School and Nursery". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  35. ^ "Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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  37. ^ "Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  38. ^ "Diocese of Brentwood Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School & Nursery". Diocese of Brentwood. October 2020.
  39. ^ "St George's Catholic Primary School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  40. ^ "St Helen's Catholic Primary School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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  42. ^ "St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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  44. ^ "Temple Sutton Primary School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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  46. ^ "Thorpedene Primary School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  47. ^ "Welcome". West Leigh Infant School. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  48. ^ "West Leigh Infant School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  49. ^ "West Leigh Junior School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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  51. ^ "Reference: E/E 33". Essex Records Office. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  52. ^ "The Westborough Academy". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
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  55. ^ "History". Legra Academy Trust. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  56. ^ "Education | League Tables | Performance results for Cecil Jones College". BBC News. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
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  64. ^ "The Eastwood Academy". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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  85. ^ "Kingsdown School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  86. ^ "Lancaster School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. 31 July 2024.
  87. ^ "The St Christopher School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  88. ^ "St Nicholas School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  89. ^ "Southend YMCA Community School". Get Information about Schools on gov.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
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  91. ^ "Crown Vocational Training Ltd". OFSTED. 13 June 2023.
  92. ^ "RM Training Ltd". OFSTED. 29 April 2022.
  93. ^ "Southend-on-Sea City Council". OFSTED. 7 November 2023.
  94. ^ "South Essex College of Further and Higher Education". OFSTED. 28 February 2024.
  95. ^ "Vocational Training Services Care Sector Limited". OFSTED. 7 February 2024.
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