Best Secondary Schools in Southend-on-Sea

We checked all 6 secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea and list every one: 5 ranked, then 1 without a rank.

Schools checked
6
Ranked
5
Without a rank
1

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Southend-on-Sea. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Southend-on-Sea also has 19 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Southend-on-Sea.

Ranked secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea

  1. 1

    Southend High School for Girls

    Academy, Selective, 1,312 pupils, inspected July 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    75.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    98.9%

  2. 2

    Southend High School for Boys

    Academy, Selective, 1,332 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    73.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    97.2%

  3. 3

    Shoeburyness High School

    Academy, 1,713 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    37.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    33.6%

  4. 4

    Southchurch High School

    Academy, 722 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Attainment 8
    38.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    23.6%

  5. 5

    Cecil Jones Academy

    Academy, 1,159 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    35.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    21.3%

Secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea without a rank

  • Thorpe Hall School

    Independent, 600 pupils

    No Ofsted inspection
    Attainment 8
    54.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    62.1%