Secondary
Southend High School for Girls
Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4UZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 1312 of 1338 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- SOUTHEND HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 85.3
- Pupils per adult
- 14.5
- Pupils
- 1,238
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected July 2024
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
99%
39 points above the Southend-on-Sea average (60% across 12 schools)
75.0
20.3 above the Southend-on-Sea average (54.7 across 12 schools)
3rd of 12 by our score, among the secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea we can score - 16 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 75 |
| EBacc average point score | 7.09 |
| Entered the EBacc | 83% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 99% |
| A level average points per entry | 41.64 |
| A level students | 181 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 97% |
| 22/23 | 97% |
| 23/24 | 100% |
| 24/25 | 99% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.9 |
| 22/23 | 38.6 |
| 23/24 | 41.6 |
| 24/25 | 41.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.64 |
| 22/23 | +0.49 |
| 23/24 | +0.74 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 76.3 |
| 22/23 | 73.4 |
| 23/24 | 75.8 |
| 24/25 | 75.0 |
Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4UZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Southend-on-Sea admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Jason Carey
- Address
- Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4UZ
- Telephone
- 01702588852