Leigh North Street Primary SchoolWest Leigh Junior School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Leigh-on-Sea.

Summary of the comparison

Leigh North Street Primary School and West Leigh Junior School are primary schools in Leigh-on-Sea.

  • Leigh North Street Primary School scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average) and West Leigh Junior School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average). Leigh North Street Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Leigh North Street Primary School was judged Good and West Leigh Junior School was judged strong.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 57.0% for Leigh North Street Primary School and 84.0% for West Leigh Junior School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Leigh North Street Primary School (78.0% in 2022-23, 57.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at West Leigh Junior School (80.0% in 2022-23, 84.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Leigh North Street Primary School versus West Leigh Junior School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Leigh-on-SeaLeigh North Street Primary SchoolLeigh-on-SeaWest Leigh Junior SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC69/100Stronger figureC67/100
Local ranking3rd of 31 in Southend-on-Sea Stronger figure5th of 31 in Southend-on-Sea
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: StrongStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 7-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll622 528
Capacity630 512
LocationLeigh-on-Sea, SS9 1QE Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2JB
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard57.0% 84.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard5.0% 22.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 109.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 109.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census622 528
Free school meals (ever 6)12.2% 7.0%
English as an additional language3.9% 7.6%
SEN support11.6% 6.6%
SEN with an EHC plan2.6% 1.5%
Attendance
Overall absence4.0% 3.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence6.1% 4.5% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Leigh North Street Primary School

West Leigh Junior School

Full profiles: Leigh North Street Primary School · West Leigh Junior School