Westcliff High School for Boys Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 22 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Southend-on-Sea
Unique reference
136272
Address
Kenilworth Gardens, SS0 0BP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1281 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
94.9%
Girls
5.1%
First language not English
16.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.2%
Persistent absence
4.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 34.1%
Indian 18.2%
African 12.2%
Other Asian 8.4%
Bangladeshi 6.6%
Mixed 6.2%
Pakistani 5.4%
Other White 3.1%
Chinese 2.3%
Other 1.8%
Other Black 0.9%
Unclassified 0.5%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.9
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 99%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 58%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 78.2
Local authority average 53.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.65
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE23
BiologyGCSE180
ChemistryGCSE180
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE57
Design & TechnologyGCSE57
EconomicsGCSE136
English LanguageGCSE180
English LiteratureGCSE180
FrenchGCSE64
GeographyGCSE143
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Westcliff High School for Boys Academy

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
167
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
222
2nd preference
301
3rd preference
178
From another Local Authority
589
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
126
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
76
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
190
190
0
Year 8
186
186
0
Year 9
177
177
0
Year 10
177
177
0
Year 11
181
181
0
Year 12
192
152
40
Year 13
178
153
25
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
100.0%
91.1%
86.5%
Further education
2.0%
26.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
95.0%
63.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
90.0%
48.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
73.0%
14.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
71.0%
12.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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