Southend High School for BoysSt Thomas More High School
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.
Summary of the comparison
Southend High School for Boys and St Thomas More High School are secondary schools.
Southend High School for Boys scores 84 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and St Thomas More High School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). Southend High School for Boys is ahead on our composite score.
Southend High School for Boys was judged Outstanding and St Thomas More High School was judged Good.
On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 73.8 for Southend High School for Boys and 52.3 for St Thomas More High School.
GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Southend High School for Boys (78.0 in 2021-22, 73.8 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at St Thomas More High School (53.5 in 2021-22, 52.3 in 2024-25).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | Southend-on-SeaSouthend High School for Boys | Westcliff-on-SeaSt Thomas More High School | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | B84/100Stronger figure | C66/100 | |
| Local ranking | 3rd of 12 in Southend-on-Sea Stronger figure | 7th of 12 in Southend-on-Sea | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure | Ofsted: Good | |
| School type | Academy converter | Academy converter | |
| Phase | Secondary | Secondary | |
| Age range | 11-18 | 11-18 | |
| Gender | Boys | Boys | |
| Pupils on roll | 1,325 | 1,206 | |
| Capacity | 1,060 | 1,050 | |
| Location | Southend-on-Sea, SS0 0RG | Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BW | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Attainment 8 | 73.8 Stronger figure | 52.3 | 46.0 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 97.2% Stronger figure | 63.7% | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 98.9% Stronger figure | 74.9% | 64.8% |
| Entering EBacc | 56.7% Stronger figure | 12.8% | 40.5% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.61 Stronger figure | 4.28 | 4.09 |
| Cohort | 178 | 179 | |
| A-level results | |||
| A-level entries | 216 | 139 | |
| A-level average points | 40.8 Stronger figure | 31.9 | 35.0 |
| A-level average grade | B | C+ | |
| Best 3 A-levels points | 43.0 Stronger figure | 32.2 | 35.8 |
| AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects | 26.7% Stronger figure | 7.7% | 17.5% |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 1,325 | 1,206 | |
| Free school meals (ever 6) | 7.5% | 15.6% | |
| English as an additional language | 7.3% | 15.0% | |
| SEN support | 2.9% | 7.7% | |
| SEN with an EHC plan | 1.5% | 3.9% | |
| Attendance | |||
| Overall absence | 4.4% Stronger figure | 4.7% | 6.2% |
| Persistent absence | 8.4% Stronger figure | 9.3% | 15.8% |
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.
GCSE Attainment 8
GCSE Progress 8
A-level average points
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.
Southend High School for Boys
St Thomas More High School
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