Southchurch High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 16 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Southend-on-Sea
Unique reference
143144
Address
Southchurch Boulevard, SS2 4XA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
794 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
13.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.1%
Persistent absence
31.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.7%
Other White 10.1%
Mixed 6.6%
African 3.5%
Other Black 1.5%
Other Asian 1.3%
Other 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Caribbean 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.81
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 58%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.5
Local authority average 53.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.23
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award17
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award11
Speech & DramaTechnical Award17
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award131
Art & DesignGCSE18
BiologyGCSE6
Business Studies:SingleGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE6
Classical CivilisationGCSE17
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Southchurch High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
135
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
103
2nd preference
73
3rd preference
48
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
103
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes24.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
155
73
82
Year 8
167
100
67
Year 9
162
91
71
Year 10
149
68
81
Year 11
161
85
76
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
91.1%
86.5%
Further education
60.0%
26.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
15.0%
63.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
1.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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