# Westcliff High School for Boys Academy

Westcliff High School for Boys Academy is a secondary school in Southend-on-Sea, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,309 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E136272. [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,309
- Council: Southend-on-Sea
- URN: 136272

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), November 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 21 November 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Westcliff High School for Boys Academy was 77.2, against 51.9 in Southend-on-Sea and 46.2 in England.
98.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Southend-on-Sea | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 77.2 | 51.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98.9% | 54.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 71.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 174 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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 Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/westcliff-high-school-for-girls-e136490): 80 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 73.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Thomas More High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-thomas-more-high-school-e137310): 260 m. Secondary. School remains Good, March 2024. Attainment 8 of 52.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-of-lourdes-catholic-primary-school-e144987): 310 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2022. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [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)
- [Estuary High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/estuary-high-school-e134940): 620 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Blenheim Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blenheim-primary-school-e143337): 690 m. Primary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/136272)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/136272)

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