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Best primary schools in Southend-on-Sea

27 of 37 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Southend-on-Sea schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 22 of them.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Barons Court Primary School and Nursery Westcliff-on-Sea 91.0% Outstanding oversubscribed 2.54 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 Edwards Hall Primary School Leigh-on-Sea 88.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 West Leigh Junior School Leigh-on-Sea 84.0% Outstanding — approximate
4 Bournes Green Junior School Southend-on-Sea 80.0% Good — approximate
5 St George's Catholic Primary School Southend-on-Sea 77.0% Good oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Hinguar Community Primary School Southend-on-Sea 76.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Fairways Primary School Leigh-on-Sea 70.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Darlinghurst Academy Leigh-on-Sea 68.0% Good improving about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Earls Hall Primary School Westcliff-on-Sea 66.0% Good oversubscribed 1.35 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Friars Primary School and Nursery Southend-on-Sea 66.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery Westcliff-on-Sea hidden gem 66.0% Good about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 Blenheim Primary School Leigh-on-Sea hidden gem 65.0% Outstanding undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
13 Bournemouth Park Academy Southend-on-Sea 64.0% Not judged about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 Greenways Primary School Southend-on-Sea 61.0% Not judged about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Southend-on-Sea hidden gem 61.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School Southend-on-Sea hidden gem 60.0% Good undersubscribed 0.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
17 St Helen's Catholic Primary School Westcliff-on-Sea hidden gem 60.0% Good undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Leigh-on-Sea hidden gem 59.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Leigh North Street Primary School Leigh-on-Sea 57.0% Good declining about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 Temple Sutton Primary School Southend-on-Sea hidden gem 56.0% Good undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 Hamstel Junior School Southend-on-Sea 54.0% Good — mapped
22 St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School Southend-on-Sea 53.0% Not judged undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 The Westborough School Westcliff-on-Sea hidden gem 53.0% Good improving undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery Southend-on-Sea hidden gem 52.0% Good undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 Heycroft Primary School LEIGH-on-SEA 43.0% Inadequate about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery Westcliff-on-Sea hidden gem 38.0% Good declining undersubscribed 0.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery Southend-on-Sea 37.0% Not judged undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped

Also in Southend-on-Sea

10 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Southend-on-Sea, not a fairer one.

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