Westcliff High School for Girls
Secondary schoolWestcliff High School for Girls is a secondary school in Southend-on-Sea, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,354 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), February 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 6 February 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Westcliff High School for Girls was 73.8, against 51.9 in Southend-on-Sea and 46.2 in England.
96.2% 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 | 73.8 | 51.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 96.2% | 54.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 97.3% | 71.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 185 | – | – |
- 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
In a straight line- Westcliff High School for Boys AcademySecondary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. Attainment 8 of 77.2 (2025/26, provisional)80 m
- St Thomas More High SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, March 2024. Attainment 8 of 52.9 (2025/26, provisional)310 m
- Darlinghurst AcademyPrimary. Improved significantly, January 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)310 m
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)350 m
- Estuary High SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file620 m
- Blenheim Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Southend-on-Sea
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).