Shoeburyness High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 5 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Southend-on-Sea
Unique reference
137733
Address
Caulfield Road, Shoeburyness, SS3 9LL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1807 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.4%
Girls
47.6%
First language not English
5%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.7%
Persistent absence
23.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.9%
Mixed 6.5%
African 5.6%
Other White 3.5%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Pakistani 0.8%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other 0.6%
Indian 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 58%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42
Local authority average 53.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.35
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award50
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award91
MultimediaTechnical Award52
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE91
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE145
ChemistryGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE299
English LiteratureGCSE295
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Shoeburyness High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
304
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
252
2nd preference
132
3rd preference
109
From another Local Authority
97
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
248
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
28
To another Local Authority
20
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 classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
308
163
145
Year 8
307
153
154
Year 9
306
164
142
Year 10
307
163
144
Year 11
301
171
130
Year 12
131
61
70
Year 13
147
71
76
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
91.1%
86.5%
Further education
44.0%
26.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
63.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
0.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
1.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
56.0%
48.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
14.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
3.0%
12.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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