# Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Southend-on-Sea, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 464 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E144987. [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 464
- Council: Southend-on-Sea
- URN: 144987

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), September 2022
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 21 September 2022
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 59% of pupils at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Southend-on-Sea and 62% in England.
8% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Southend-on-Sea | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Westcliff High School for Boys Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/westcliff-high-school-for-boys-academy-e136272): 310 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. Attainment 8 of 77.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Westcliff High School for Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/westcliff-high-school-for-girls-e136490): 350 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 73.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Estuary High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/estuary-high-school-e134940): 360 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Darlinghurst Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/darlinghurst-academy-e140536): 370 m. Primary. Improved significantly, January 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Chalkwell Hall Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chalkwell-hall-infant-school-e114719): 420 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023
- [Chalkwell Hall Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chalkwell-hall-junior-school-e151654): 420 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/144987)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144987)

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