Secondary
Cecil Jones Academy
Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4BU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1159 of 1585 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 78.5
- Pupils per adult
- 12.4
- Pupils
- 971
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 September 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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
21%
39 points below the Southend-on-Sea average (60% across 12 schools)
35.1
19.6 below the Southend-on-Sea average (54.7 across 12 schools)
9th 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 | 35.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.13 |
| Entered the EBacc | 70% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 35% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 21% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.3 |
| A level students | 41 |
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 | 27% |
| 22/23 | 25% |
| 23/24 | 16% |
| 24/25 | 21% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 28.6 |
| 22/23 | 23.7 |
| 23/24 | 25.1 |
| 24/25 | 29.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.77 |
| 22/23 | -0.61 |
| 23/24 | -0.75 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.4 |
| 22/23 | 36.5 |
| 23/24 | 31.2 |
| 24/25 | 35.1 |
Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4BU
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
- Richard Micek
- Address
- Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4BU
- Telephone
- 01702440000