Southend High School for Girls
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B83
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4UZ
- Distance
- 1.5km away
Cecil Jones Academy
Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4BU
Local ranking10th of 12 secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1585
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 20 September 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 17.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 41.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 213
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 77.0%
- Higher education
- 53.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 17.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
41
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 89
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1016
- Boys
- 585 (50%)
- Girls
- 574 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1585 (73% full)
- SEND
- 34.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 48.2%
- EAL
- 17.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 32.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,215/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 63.0%
- White Other: 9.9%
- Black African: 8.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.7%
63.0%
White British
9.9%
White Other
8.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 147185
- UKPRN
- 10083060
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
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