This is a list of education establishments in Southend-on-Sea in the ceremonial English county of Essex. Southend-on-Sea is a Unitary authority.
Name | Location | Academy group or type of school | Comments | References |
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Barons Court Primary School | Westcliff-on-Sea | Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust | Converted to academy status in February 2024. | [1] [2] |
Blenheim Primary School | Leigh-on-Sea | Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust | Converted to academy status in 2016 | [3] |
Bournemouth Park Academy | Southchurch | Eastwood Park Academy Trust | Opened in 1907 as Bournemouth Park Infant and Junior Schools. Converted to academy status in 2017. | [4] [5] [6] |
Bournes Green Infant School | Southchurch | South East Community Academy Trust | Converted to academy status in 2016. | [7] |
Bournes Green Junior School | Southchurch | South East Community Academy Trust | Converted to academy status in 2017. | [8] |
Chalkwell Hall Infant School | Chalkwell | Community School | Opened in 1909. | [4] [9] |
Chalkwell Hall Junior School | Chalkwell | Community school | Opened in 1909. | [4] [10] |
Darlinghurst Academy | Leigh-on-Sea | Legra Academy Trust | Converted to academy status in 2014. | [11] |
Earls Hall Primary School | Westcliff-on-Sea | Community school | Built between April 1937 and June 1938, opening in August 1938 as separate Infant and Junior schools, with 135 and 155 pupils respectively. The two schools merged into one school in 2015. | [12] [13] [14] |
Eastwood Primary School | Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea | Foundation school | [15] | |
Edwards Hall Primary School | Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea | Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust | Converted to academy status in 2021. | [16] |
Fairways Primary School | Leigh-on-Sea | Community school | The school was built as separate infant and junior schools in 1952 and 1953. The schools combined as a singular school in 1985. | [17] [18] |
Friars Primary School | Shoeburyness | Portico Academy Trust | Opened as separate infant and junior schools which were merged in 2004. Converted to Academy status in 2016. | [19] [20] |
Greenways Primary School | Southchurch | Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust | Originally opened as Thorpe Greenways separate infant and junior schools, the schools were merged and the name changed in 2016 when converted to academy status. | [21] [22] |
Hamstel Infant School and Nursery | Southchurch | Portico Academy Trust | Converted to academy status in 2016 | [23] |
Hamstel Junior School | Southchurch | Portico Academy Trust | Converted to academy status in 2016 | [24] |
Heycroft Primary School | Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea | South East Essex Academy Trust | Converted to academy status in 2024. | [25] |
Hinguar Community Primary School | Shoeburyness | South East Community Academy Trust | Converted to academy trust in 2016. | [26] |
Leigh North Street Primary School | Leigh-on-Sea | Community school | Opened in 1890. | [27] [28] |
Milton Hall Primary School | Westcliff-on-Sea | Foundation school | [29] | |
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School | Leigh-on-Sea | Assisi Catholic Trust | Converted to academy in 2018. | [30] [31] |
Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery | Southchurch | Portico Academy Trust | Opened as Brewery Road School in 1892. Converted to academy status in 2016. | [4] [32] |
Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery | Prittlewell | South East Essex Academy Trust | Converted to academy status in 2014. | [33] [34] |
Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School | Shoeburyness | South East Community Academy Trust | Opened in 1903. Converted to academy status in 2017 | [35] [36] |
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | Southchurch | Assisi Catholic Trust | Opened in 1920. Converted to academy status in 2018 | [37] [38] |
St George's Catholic Primary School | Shoeburyness | Assisi Catholic Trust | Converted to academy trust in 2018. | [39] |
St Helen's Catholic Primary School | Southend-on-Sea | Assisi Catholic Trust | Opened in 1899, the school has been located at the current site since 1973. Converted to academy status in 2018. | [40] [41] |
St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School | Southend-on-Sea & Prittlewell | Voluntary aided school | Opened in 1727 in Prittlewell as Prittlewell Church of England School, the school moved to East Street, next to St Mary's Church in the 19th-century. In 1999, the school moved to Boston Avenue, which had previously been home to Southend High School for Girls, Dowsett High School for Girls, Westborough High School for Girls and Prittlewell High School. The school has since re-opened at East Street, operating across two sites. | [4] [42] [43] |
Temple Sutton Primary School | Southchurch | Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust | Opened in 1949 on the new Temple Sutton housing estate, the school split into infant and junior schools in 1953, before merging again in 1988. Converted to academy status in 2018 | [44] [45] |
Thorpedene Primary School | Shoeburyness | South East Community Academy Trust | Converted to an academy trust in 2016. | [46] |
West Leigh Infant School | Community School | Leigh-on-Sea | Opened in 1913. | [47] [48] |
West Leigh Junior School | Leigh-on-Sea | Portico Academy Trust | Opened in 1913. | [49] |
The Westborough School | Westcliff-on-Sea | South East Essex Academy Trust | Opened in 1913 as a mixed school with Infants, Senior Boys and Senior Girls departments. In 1953, the senior boys were transferred to Fairfax Mixed Senior School, while the girls transferred from Fairfax to Westborough, with the senior school renamed Westborough High School for Girls. In 1966, the senior school moved to the former Southend High School for Girls and Dowsett High School site in Boston Avenue, leaving the primary school at MacDonald Avenue. Converted to an academy in 2017. | [50] [51] [52] [53] |
Name | Location | Academy group | Comments | References |
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Belfairs Academy | Leigh-on-Sea | Legra Academy Trust | Opened in 1955 as Belfairs High School, the school was rebuilt under the government's Building Schools for the Future in 2011. Converted to academy status in 2012. | [54] [55] |
Cecil Jones Academy | Southchurch | Loxford School Trust | Opened in 1969 as Cecil Jones High School as Southend's first comprehensive school. Converted to an academy in 2015. | [56] [57] [58] [59] |
Chase High School | Westcliff-on-Sea | Discovery Educational Trust | A new start school formed from Prittlewell Technology College in 2006. Converted to academy status in 2015. | [60] [61] |
The Eastwood Academy | Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea | Eastwood Park Academy Trust | Originally opened as Eastwood Senior School in 1939. Converted to academy status in 2011. | [62] [63] [64] |
St Bernard's High School | Westcliff-on-Sea | St Bernard's High School Academy | A school opened on the site in 1875, but in 1910 the Bernardine Sisters founded St. Bernard's. Converted to academy status in 2011. | [65] [66] [67] [68] |
St Thomas More High School | Westcliff-on-Sea | Assisi Catholic Trust | Opened in 1960. Converted to academy status in 2011. | [69] [70] [71] |
Shoeburyness High School | Shoeburyness | South East Community Academy Trust | Converted to academy status in 2011. | [72] [73] |
Southchurch High School | Southchurch | Partnership Academy Trust | Opened in 2016, replacing Futures Community College. | [74] [75] [76] [77] |
Name | Location | Academy group | Comments | References |
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Southend High School for Boys | Prittlewell | Southend High School for Boys Academy Trust | Opened as the Day Technical School in Clarence Road in 1895. Moved to Victoria Circus in 1902, with the girls leaving for a new site in Boston Avenue in 1913, with the school being renamed to the current name. The school, which shared the Victoria Circus with the School of Art and the Evening Technical Institute, outgrew the building and moved to the current site in 1938. Converted to academy status in 2011. | [78] |
Southend High School for Girls | Southchurch | Southend High School for Girls Academy Trust | Opened as the Day Technical School in Clarence Road in 1895. Moved to Victoria Circus in 1902, with the girls leaving for a new site in Boston Avenue in 1913, with the school being renamed to the current name. The school moved to the current site in the late 1950s, with the Boston Avenue site becoming home to Dowsett High School for Girls in 1957. Converted to academy status in 2011. | [79] [80] [81] |
Westcliff High School for Boys | Westcliff-on-Sea | Westcliff High School for Boys Ltd | Opened in 1920 after the Education committee of Southend Corporation purchased a large house called Belsfield on Victoria Avenue. The new school was originally named the Commercial Secondary School, but in 1922 it was renamed Westcliff High School. The boys moved to the current site in 1926. Converted to academy status in 2010. | [82] [83] |
Westcliff High School for Girls | Westcliff-on-Sea | South Essex Academy Trust | Opened in 1920 after the Education committee of Southend Corporation purchased a large house called Belsfield on Victoria Avenue. The new school was originally named the Commercial Secondary School, but in 1922 it was renamed Westcliff High School. The girls moved to the current site in 1926, but the girls stayed until the new building was ready in 1931. Converted to academy status in 2011. | [84] [83] |
Name | Location | Academy group | Comments | References |
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Kingsdown School | Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea | SEN Trust Southend | Converted to academy status in 2017. | [85] |
Lancaster School | Westcliff-on-Sea | SEN Trust Southend | Converted to academy status in 2017. | [86] |
The St Christopher School | Leigh-on-Sea | SEN Trust Southend | Converted to academy status in 2012. | [87] |
St Nicholas School | Southchurch | SEN Trust Southend | Converted to academy status in 2017. | [88] |
Southend YMCA Community School | Prittlewell | Free school | Opened in 2013 | [89] [90] |
Sutton House Academy | Southend | Parallel Learning Trust | Opened in 2017 as an academy, replacing it's predecessor Seabrook College. | [91] |
Victory Park Academy | Southend | Parallel Learning Trust | Opened in 2018 as an academy, replacing it's predecessor Seabrook College. | [92] |
Name | Provider type | References |
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Central Training Academy | Independent Training Provider | [93] |
Crown Vocational Training | Independent Training Provider | [94] |
RM Training Ltd | Independent Training Provider | [95] |
Southend Adult Community College | Adult Education Provider | [96] |
South Essex College / PROCAT | Incorporated Further Education Provider | [97] |
Vocational Training Services | Independent Training Provider | [98] |
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