Schools in Southend-on-Sea

41 schools with published admissions figures

The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.

How the 2026 round went in Southend-on-Sea

Primary

• Offered their first choice 87.8%

  Of families applying for a primary place for September 2026. Against 87.8% in 2016.

• Offered one of their three 97.8%

  Families offered any of the schools they named.

• Families who applied 1,741

  Applications received for a primary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 87.8% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 97.8% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is much the same as in 2016, when it was 87.8%.

The council's primary schools between them had 1,925 places for 1,741 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Secondary

• Offered their first choice 78.2%

  Of families applying for a secondary place for September 2026. Against 79.1% in 2016.

• Offered one of their three 95.1%

  Families offered any of the schools they named.

• Families who applied 2,060

  Applications received for a secondary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 78.2% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 95.1% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is much the same as in 2016, when it was 79.1%.

The council's secondary schools between them had 2,580 places for 2,060 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Source: Department for Education, applications and offers. The same round across England.

If a family is refused a place

Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.

Schools here running specialist SEN provision

9 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school.

This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England.

Elsewhere

• Most sought-after schools in Southend-on-Sea by first preferences per place
• Schools in SS0 (12)
• Schools in SS1 (4)
• Schools in SS2 (7)
• Schools in SS3 (8)
• Schools in SS9 (12)
• What data we hold